If not talking about Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore among the prominent leaders of Rajasthan, then it will be considered incomplete in itself. He is a leader connected to the land of Rajasthan and has also played an important role in the politics of the Center. Rathore has also been part of the Modi government’s cabinet and has emerged as a popular leader among the public. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the child of military father and teacher mother, influenced people in all three areas of army, sports and politics. Sometimes by becoming the best player, sometimes by becoming an active minister. He has received many awards from his student life to ahead.
Birth and family of Rajyavardhan Singh
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was born on 29 January 1970 in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. His father’s name is Laxman Singh and mother’s name is Manju. Rathore’s father has been a Colonel in the army. The descendant comes from the royal family of Bikaner. He is married to Dr. Gayatri Rathore. They have a son Manav Aditya Rathore and daughter Gauri.
Rathore’s studies
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, a minister in the Rajasthan government, did his early education in his city Jaisalmer. After this, he went to Pune for further studies. Where he did his BA from the National Defense Academy (NDA). Did. He was influenced by his father. For this reason, he wanted to make his next career in the army and then decided to join the army. He was later admitted to the Indian Army Academy in Dehradun. After this, he did an army job.
Early life
His early life has passed away from politics in the world of sports. In his school, Rajyavardhan Singh has been considered good players of basketball, volleyball, cricket, kabaddi and shooting. He started the shooting in 1998. With his hard work and dedication, he soon succeeded in getting his name in the categories of a few players of the world. The result of this was that he was awarded a bronze medal in the World Championship to be held in Cyprus in 2003. Apart from this, he performed the best in the national cricket of the School Games Federation of India and was awarded the Gold Medal in it.
An interesting thing related to former Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is that he wanted to become a cricketer in his youth. Even he was selected for the Ranji Trophy, but later his mother refused to leave him as it could a hindrance to his studies. Since his mother is a teacher, he gave more importance to studies. However, he was later given a scholarship from the Federation of School Games.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s political journey
He is a player and a soldier as well as a good leader. As soon as he stepped into politics, he started getting success in this field like the sports world. In 2013, he took voluntary retirement from the army job. At the time when the Rathore had taken voluntary retirement from the army, he was in the post of Colonel. He later joined the BJP. BJP gave him a ticket from Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan. He was competed with CP Joshi, a Congress leader. But like Rathore sports, he got success in dusting everyone in politics.
This was the year when he started calling a player to a leader. After the victory, the Modi government was formed at the Center and he was made the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting in the Modi government. He was later given the independent charge of the Minister of State for Youth and Ministry of Sports. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections too, he again stood from Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha seat and this time he faced Krishna Poonia of Congress and this time he also won. In November 2023, Rathore contested from Jotwara assembly constituency for 2023 Rajasthan assembly elections. He defeated Abhishek Chaudhary of Congress by 50,167 votes. On 30 December 2023, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Rajasthan government.
