MLA from Nathdwara, Udaipur, Vishwaraj Singh Mewar is in the news these days. Earlier he was in the news for his coronation and now he is in the news because of the stone pelting that happened on Monday night. Vishvaraj Singh is a descendant of Maharana Pratap. He joined BJP in the year 2023. At the same time, the assembly elections were contested in 2023 only. BJP had made him its candidate from Nathdwara, where he had defeated a five-time Congress MLA.
After joining BJP in the year 2023, Vishvaraj Singh contested his first election. BJP had given him ticket from Nathdwara in Udaipur. During this time, he was competing against Congress’s CP Joshi, who was a five-time MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Nathdwara seat was a very strong seat for Congress. CP Joshi had won his last election by about 16 thousand votes, but he lost the 2023 election to BJP candidate Vishvaraj Singh.
Congress MLA defeated by 7504 votes
BJP candidate Vishvaraj Singh defeated Congress’s CP Joshi by a margin of 7504 votes. At the same time, it is said that Vishvaraj Singh had worked hard for her husband in the 2023 assembly elections. Vishwaraj Singh’s wife Mahima Kumari is Lok Sabha MP from Rajsamand. Wife Mahima Kumari is very active in politics. Whereas, if we talk about Vishvaraj Singh, he was born on 8 May 1969, just a day before the birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap.
Vishwaraj Singh’s father has also been an MP
He completed his education with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s, Mumbai. His father Maharana Mahendra Singh Mewar has also contested the Lok Sabha elections. His father had contested elections from BJP in 1989 and was elected Lok Sabha member from Chittorgarh. Later his father Mahendra Singh Mewar joined Congress.