congress candidate Rupendra Singh Kunnar defeated bjp candidate Surendrapal Singh TT in Rajasthan's Karanpur assembly seat. After the formation of the government in the state, bjp made him a minister even before the elections. However, Surendrapal Singh TT resigned from the post of minister after losing in the assembly elections. Reacting to his defeat, rajasthan Agriculture minister Kirori Lal meena said, "This was the public's decision. It has to be accepted. After this defeat, Surendrapal Singh TT resigned from his post on moral grounds."
Explaining the reason for the victory of the congress candidate from Karanpur assembly seat, Agriculture minister Kirori Lal meena said, "This was an election, it is not that no one has been defeated in five years. No government fails in one month." He further said, "There were already congress candidates here and the public elected them out of sympathy. There is nothing special about defeat."
elections were canceled after the death of congress candidate
Actually, during the rajasthan assembly elections, congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Kunnar from Karanpur assembly of Sriganganagar district died. After which the election commission postponed the elections on this seat. Voting on this seat took place on january 5. After the death of Gurmeet Singh Kunnar, congress had nominated his son Rupendra Singh Kunnar from this seat. The bjp government led by chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma had tried to ensure victory by making Surendrapal Singh TT a minister before the elections.
Surendrapal Singh TT lost by 11,283 votes
However, in the election results declared on january 8, Rupendra Singh Kunnar defeated Surendrapal Singh TT by a margin of 11,283 votes. After this defeat, Surendrapal Singh TT resigned from the post of minister of State (Independent Charge). Despite this defeat, rajasthan bjp government was not affected. In the assembly elections, bjp won 115 seats out of total 200 seats in the state. At the time of formation of the cabinet after the landslide victory, the bjp high command made Surendrapal Singh TT a minister even before the elections, which was strongly opposed by the Congress.
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