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Kingdom Prevails: All Six Candidates From Rajasthan's Royal Families Lead In Election Results
Vasundhara Raje
Six people from royal families contested Rajasthan assembly elections held on 25 November and all of them are leading today in the counting of votes.
Of these, five are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one, Vishvendra Singh, is from Congress, who is leading from Deeg-Kumher.
Vishvendra is the son of the last ruler of Bharatpur– Brijendra Singh. He was the minister of Civil Aviation and tourism in the third Ashok Gehlot cabinet.
Among BJP leaders, two-time Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, hailing from Gwalior’s Scindia royal family and married to King Hemant Singh of Rajasthan’s Dholpur royal family, is leading at her constituency Jhalrapatan.
Another royal family member from the BJP is its Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari, who is leading from Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency.
Being the daughter of Gayatri Devi’s foster son Sawai Bhawani Singh, she is a member of the Jaipur royal family. She was elected an MLA from Sawai Madhopur in 2013.
A new joinee to the BJP, Kunwar Vishvaraj Singh Mewar is set to win his maiden election from Nathdwara against Congress' assembly speaker CP Joshi.
He hails from the Udaipur royal family and is a descendant of Maharana Pratap. His father Mahendra Singh was the last coronated king of Mewar and became a BJP MP from Chittorgarh in 1989.
Siddhi Kumari, the granddaughter of former MP Maharaja Karni Singh Bahadur is leading from Bikaner East, a constituency she has served since 2008. She is the princess of the Bikaner royal family.
Another incumbent MLA and member of royal family, Kalpana Devi is leading from Kota's Ladpura seat. She is the wife of Maharao Ijya Raj Singh, thus making her the queen of Kota.
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