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Manvendra Singh

Manvendra Singh, son of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, contested Rajasthan Assembly election 2018, from Jhalrapatan seat against Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Congress ticket but lost. Singh, 54, quit the BJP in September 2018 and joined the Congress in October after being sidelined within the ruling party, reportedly because of Raje's feud with his father Jaswant Singh, who was denied a BJP ticket in the last Lok Sabha polls. Manvendra Singh was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan. Manvendra Singh, who is a Colonel in the Territorial Army, has studied at an MA degree from Mayo College. He has also studied at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Manvendra Singh

Manvendra Singh's wife and Jaswant Singh's daughter-in-law Chitra Singh dies in road accident
Rajasthan | Jan 30, 2024, 10:50 PM IST
Manvendra Singh is the son of former Union Minister and BJP stalwart Jaswant Singh who had contested the 2014 general election as an independent candidate after failing to get a ticket from the saffron party. He carried forward his father's political legacy but changed the side by joining Congress.
Sons of famous politician fathers lose in 17th LS polls
India | May 23, 2019, 08:08 PM IST
All the political prowess they inherited seems to have been rendered ineffective as sons of famous politician fathers headed towards a debacle in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.
Rajasthan Poll Results: Vasundhara Raje wins Jhalarapatan seat, defeats Manvendra Singh
Dec 11, 2018, 10:36 PM IST
Raje won with a margin of 34,890 votes against Singh who had left the party in September and joined the Congress on October 17.

Rajasthan Polls: 72.67% voter turnout recorded
Dec 08, 2018, 02:34 AM IST
Paramilitary jawans opened fire in the air to disperse miscreants trying to force their way into a booth at a village in Alwar's Shahjahapur. In Bikaner's Kolayat, two groups clashed outside a polling booth and a vehicle was torched.
IN PICS: Key players in Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018
India | Nov 24, 2018, 02:19 PM IST
Assembly elections in Rajasthan are scheduled to be held in single phase on December 7, 2018. Results for Rajasthan Assembly elections 2018 will be declared on December 11.
Rajasthan Polls: Cong fielded Manvendra against me as it couldn't find any other candidate, says CM
Nov 17, 2018, 09:24 PM IST
Rajasthan elections News, Rajasthan assembly elections Latest News, Raje, however, warned the Congress that it is not a fight of one person, adding this is a contest fought by Jhalawar and Rajasthan, which is a family.

BJP insulted Jaswant Singh, people of Rajasthan will take revenge, says his son Manvendra Singh
National | Oct 18, 2018, 11:31 PM IST
Singh, who joined the Congress Wednesday, exuded confidence in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi saying it is important for the country's leader to have humanity, which the Congress chief has in abundance.
Ex-min Jaswant Singh's son and BJP MLA Manvendra Singh joins Congress
National | Oct 18, 2018, 12:10 AM IST
Alleging that there was a sense of fear and intimidation in the "rule of tyranny", Gehlot said the Modi government's veil was coming off with exposes on corruption, particularly in the Rafale fighter jet deal.
Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra Singh to join Congress today
India | Oct 17, 2018, 12:05 PM IST
Singh (54), who won Barmer’s Sheo constituency as the BJP candidate in 2013 assembly elections, had announced at a rally last month that he is leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra quits BJP, ahead of Assembly Polls
Politics | Sep 23, 2018, 08:00 AM IST
Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra quits BJP, ahead of Assembly Polls. He also said that joining BJP was his mistake
Former Union minister Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh quits BJP, to contest LS polls from Barmer
India | Sep 22, 2018, 10:29 PM IST
“I am not in touch with any Congress leader,” Manvendra Singh said.
Suspended MLA Manvendra hopeful to be back in BJP
National | Feb 01, 2015, 03:38 PM IST
Jaisalmer: Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's son, Manvendra Singh, who was suspended by the party last year from its primary membership, has said that he has no plans of quitting the party as he has

BJP suspends Jaswant's son from party, sacks him from national executive
National | Apr 11, 2014, 01:24 PM IST
Jaipur/New Delhi: BJP today suspended Manvendra Singh, son of expelled leader Jaswant Singh, from its primary membership and removed him from its National Executive following reports that he was campaigning against the party's official candidate
Jaswant Singh's son seeks month's 'leave' from BJP
National | Mar 23, 2014, 07:19 PM IST
Jaipur: Rebel BJP leader Jaswant Singh's son and legislator Manvendra Singh has cited poor health to ask one month's leave from the party, a party leader said Sunday.A BJP member of the Rajasthan assembly, Manvendra
Jaswant Singh may fight as independent from Barmer
National | Mar 22, 2014, 12:58 PM IST
Jaipur: Annoyed at not being considered from Rajasthan's Barmer seat, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh is likely to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from the constituency, sources close to him said