New Delhi: Meena Kumari, who contested the Rajasthan meeting election as an Unbiased candidate in opposition to her father, BJP’s Jairam Jatav, from the Alwar Rural seat, as a mark of protest in opposition to alleged discrimination at residence, did not make a mark, securing all of 599 votes.
What might come as comfort to her, nonetheless, is the truth that her father misplaced too, by over 27,000 votes. The seat was gained by incumbent MLA Tikaram Jully of the Congress.
Jatav had gained from Alwar Rural on a BJP ticket in 2013.
Different candidates within the fray included Mukesh Kumar of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Social gathering (RLP), Jagdish Prasad of the Bahujan Samaj Social gathering (BSP) and Majavir Rajoria of the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP).
Chatting with ThePrint on the marketing campaign path, Kumari had mentioned that she was “forced to come out of the kitchen” to contest in opposition to her father due to the “ill-treatment” confronted at residence. She described Jatav as a “superstitious man” who “tortured” her for bringing “bad luck” to the household.
“The reason I am fighting the election is that he does not respect his own daughter. So, how can he respect others’ daughters?” she had mentioned.
Jatav, in the meantime, claimed on the time that his daughter was hardly an element, including that he thought of Jully his important contender. He additionally alleged a “Congress ploy” behind Kumari’s marketing campaign.
‘Father doesn’t take heed to me’
A member of the family from Kumari’s husband’s aspect, refusing to be recognized, had mentioned that she had a tough childhood.
“Jatav’s first son died soon after birth. Then Kumari was born. Someone told him (Jatav) that the daughter brought ill fate with her and was the reason for his son’s death,” mentioned the member of the family.
“I came into politics because my father doesn’t listen to me but hopefully people will,” Kumari had informed ThePrint whereas canvassing for votes.
When Jatav contested from Alwar Rural in 2013, Kumari was by her father’s aspect on the marketing campaign path. He defeated Jully then by 26,799 votes.
In 2018, Jully made a comeback by trouncing Ramkishan of the BJP — who was given the ticket as a substitute of Jatav — with a large margin of 26,477 votes.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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