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from 2014 to 2024 and owns

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-based real estate group. He began his political career as an independent member of the

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, representing the

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constituency from 2004 to 2009. In 2014, he joined the

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(BJP) and contested the

elections from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, defeating former Indian cricket captain

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. He retained his seat in the 2019 elections, defeating former cabinet minister Namo Narayan Meena.

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