Manvendra Singh Jasol is an Indian politician. He is a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was the member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National ...

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from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of

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Early life

Colonel Manvendra Singh was born in

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, Rajasthan. His father is

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 193827 September 2020) was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamenta ...

, a former Finance Minister and

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, and mother is Sheetal Kanwar. Singh is married to Chitra Singh daughter of Bhainsrorgarh. They have two children. He is an alumnus of Mayo College and has an MA, having studied at

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and the

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. He is a

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. Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist at the Statesman and the

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, with a specialization in defence and national security affairs. Singh worked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the

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Political life

Though Singh entered politics in the late 90s, he lost his first

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election in 1999 against Sona Ram of the

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from Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of

. In 2004, he won the

election by 2,71,888 votes against Sona Ram from the same constituency. He represented Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of

in the 14th Lok Sabha, where he was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence. He had won from Shiv constituency as a candidate of

for

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election, 2013 in

. In 2014 he was suspended from BJP because of his campaign against BJP Lok Sabha candidate from his father's constituency. Just before 2018

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elections he quit BJP to join

Career

He was elected for

from Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of

. Singh was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence, in the government of

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jaw ...

. He was also state minister in Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.

References

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