Ratan Dewasi Desai (born 25 September 1975) is an Indian politician. He is a member of All India Congress Committee and state spokesperson of Rajasthan State Congress. He has been an MLA from

Raniwara Raniwara is a town in Jalore District of Rajasthan state in India. Situated 35 km south of the Bhinmal on Jalore-Sanchore road, it is headquarters of the tehsil by Raniwala Kallan. Raniwara is 109 km from Mount Abu and 20 km from ...

constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly elections, 2008 and Deputy Chief Whip ( Minister of State) in the Ashok Gehlot government. He was elected MLA from

constituency in the 2008 assembly elections and since 2011 has been the government deputy chief whip in the then Ashok Gehlot government. At present, he is a popular, active and powerful leader of the

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

in Jalore and Sirohi districts of western Rajasthan.

Personal, early life and background

Ratan Dewasi Ratan Dewasi Desai (born 25 September 1975) is an Indian politician. He is a member of All India Congress Committee and state spokesperson of Rajasthan State Congress. He has been an Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA from Raniwa ...

was born on 25 September 1975 in Mount Abu, Sirohi district of Rajasthan. His father's name is Shankarlal Dewasi and his wife's name is Viraj Dewasi. Dewasi has been a bright

student A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution. In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...

since childhood. He is a diploma in hotel management degree holder.

Politics started from student life

first started politics as a student leader by joining the student political organization National Student Union of India (a unit of the Congress Party). He was always and any time ready for student interest in order to solve the problems of poor and backward students, he was always a pioneer in protest and protest against the administration and in view of his skilful leadership ability and youthful zeal, the party High Command in 1997 entrusted the responsibility of district president of Sirohi District, N.S.U.I. After that, Dewasi continued to win the maximum number of candidates with his ability, dedication and hard work to win the party's candidates and reinvigorated the organization across the district.

Legislative Assembly election

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003

The result of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 2003 was declared on 6 December, in which the BJP defeated the ruling party Congress. In the election of the

had fielded

in place of Ratana Ram Chaudhary, a strong farmer leader and four-time MLA from

region. The first assembly election was for Ratan Dewasi, a new candidate from the Congress. And Arjun Singh Deora from BJP was in front of him. In the first election, Ratan Dewasi had to face defeat and Arjun Singh Deora again became MLA. In this election, Deora got 50445 votes and Dewasi got 38650 votes.

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2008

The assembly elections of 2008, in front of Congress candidate

, new candidate from BJP

Narayan Singh Dewal Narayan Singh Dewal (born 5 August 1964) is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Raniwara,Rajasthan & Former State Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party, Rajasthan, India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The ...

and

Independent Candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

Arjun Singh Deora were in the election. After cutting the ticket of Arjun Singh Deora, a 3-time MLA from Raniwara region and a

minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

in the BJP government, the BJP made Dewal a candidate, due to which, Deora rebelled and made the election in an independent ground very exciting. In this election, Dewasi got 46716 and Narayan Singh Dewal got 26914 votes. In this triangular election, Ratan Dewasi registered a historic victory by a margin of 20 thousand votes.

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2013

Loss

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2018

Loss

Parliament election

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