Hanuman Beniwal (born 2 March 1972) is an Indian politician serving as the

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in the

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from

Nagaur Nagaur is a city and municipal council in Nagaur district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. Nagaur is famous for spices ...

since 2019. He is founding member and National Convenor of the

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (abbreviated as RLP) is an Indian political party in the state of Rajasthan. The party was founded by Hanuman Beniwal on the eve of the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election. Hanuman Beniwal is president of ...

in 29 October 2018 in

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Early life

Beniwal was born on 2 March 1972 to Ram Dev and Mohini Devi in Barangaon village of

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. He graduated with a

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degree from Rajasthan University in 1993. He did

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in 1998. He married Kanika Beniwal on 9 December 2009, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

Career

Beniwal was suspended from the

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(BJP) in 2013 after his accusations on party members of having connection with the leaders of the rival

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. He successfully organised five ''Kisan Hunkar Maha Rallies'' in Nagaur, Barmer, Bikaner, Sikar, Jaipur and launched a political party called

with an election symbol of "Bottle" in

on 29 October 2018. Beniwal is a farming leader in Nagaur and won his assembly seat third time as a candidate of his own party RLP. In 2013 he was an Independent candidate and defeated his rival BJP candidate by 23,020 votes. In 2008 he was a BJP candidate and defeated his rival BSP candidate by 24,443 votes.

Yunus Khan

Beniwal accused cabinet minister

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of helping alleged gangster Anandpal Singh escape police custody after the alleged gangster helped him win the Assembly election in 2013. He demanded a CBI inquiry.

Rajasthan University

The

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(NSUI) staged a protest at Rajasthan University in 2015, demanding action against the police for "excessive brutality". The agitation was held a day after the police -charged a group of students protesting an attack on Beniwal. The students were organising a peaceful rally when the police charged. Many NSUI students were injured. The NSUI office was raided. Around 500 students under the banner ‘Kisaan Yuva Aakrosh Rally’ had assembled to protest the alleged attack on Beniwal. The procession turned violent when police tried to contain them on campus, resulting in stone pelting by the students. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse them. This led to vandalism and chaos, injuring 30 students and 18 policemen.

Assembly protest

On 25 April 2017, after Beniwal's questions were cancelled by speaker Kailash Meghwal since they were related to three separate departments, the former protested against the speaker by go to the well and tearing up his papers, drawing criticism from Parliament Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore and the speaker.

Farmer protest

In 2020, Beniwal joined the

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against the farmer bills, calling it 'Anti-Farmers'. He went on to say that if he had been present in the Lok Sabha, he would have torn up the farm bills.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beniwal, Hanuman 1972 births Living people Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018 People from Nagaur district India MPs 2019–present Rashtriya Loktantrik Party politicians