Why jodhpur seat is 'lucky'? The winner gets a special 'reward'!!!
Jodhpur lok sabha seat is considered very lucky among the 25 lok sabha seats of Rajasthan. It is believed that whoever wins this seat wins from here. He gets a big post in Delhi. The mp who won from jodhpur lok sabha seat has become Finance minister, Foreign minister, culture minister, Agriculture minister, and Jal shakti Minister. 17 elections have been held on the jodhpur lok sabha seat in the last 72 years.
The general public of jodhpur has so far elected 11 faces from jodhpur and sent them to Parliament. Out of which 6 were new faces. So there were five familiar faces. The victory of a new face from the jodhpur lok sabha seat has been being claimed since independence. But many times this prediction has also failed. Which has been denied by many leaders. ashok gehlot won five times and also became a minister at the Centre. Jaswant raj Mehta, Jaswant Singh Bishnoi and gajendra singh shekhawat won twice. He has also become a minister at the Centre.
One line 'I am not far away' changed the atmosphere
The first lok sabha election from the jodhpur lok sabha seat was between Maharaj Hanuwant Singh and Noori Mohammad Yasin of Congress. Maharaj Hanuwant Singh had said this among the public. 'I am not far away', this one line changed the atmosphere. Impressed by this, the public gave him full blessings. Maharaj Hanuwant Singh had won with a huge majority.
Ashok Gehlot won five victories and also became a minister at the Centre.
Former chief minister ashok gehlot had contested the jodhpur elections for the first time in 1977 as mla from Sardarpur. But in this, he had to face defeat by 4000 votes. Later, in 1980, he won the mp elections for the first time in the mid-term elections for the seventh Lok Sabha. After this, he won the eighth lok sabha elections but lost in the 9th. He won the 10th, 11th, and 12th lok sabha elections continuously. Every time ashok gehlot became a minister at the Centre.
