{"id":6762,"date":"2019-04-03T13:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:42:37","slug":"lok-sabha-election-2019-diya-kumari-likely-to-contest-from-rajsamand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/lok-sabha-election-2019-diya-kumari-likely-to-contest-from-rajsamand\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha election 2019: Diya Kumari likely to contest from Rajsamand!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaipur:&nbsp; The Bharatiya\nJanata Party (BJP) has still not announced the candidates for six constituencies\nof Rajasthan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The nomination process for\nthe elections began in the state for the first phase on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were reports that Jaipur\u2019s ex-royal princess and\nformer BJP MLA of Sawaimadhopur Diya Kumari will likely fight the Lok Sabha\npolls from Rajsamand seat. The party has finalized her name, but the official\nannouncement was yet to be made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diya Kumari didn\u2019t get a ticket for her preferred choice of seats that included Jaipur or Tonk-Sawaimadhopur. She didn\u2019t get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/rajasthan-elections-bjp-releases-third-list-of-candidates-diya-kumari-denied-ticket\/\">ticket in the assembly elections 2018 from Sawaimadhopur <\/a>constituency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/princess-diya-kumari-and-narendra-singh-now-official-divorced\/\">Diya Kumari and husband Narendra Singh got divorced <\/a>earlier in January nearly 21 years after they tied the knot following a much-publicized courtship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A local court in January 2019 granted the divorce to Diya Kumari and Narendra Singh who were reportedly living separated for the past one and a half years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/princess-diya-kumari-narendra-singh-plead-for-privacy-say-its-a-mutual-consent-divorce\/\">Diya declined to speak up<\/a> for the reasons for the divorce and said that it is a personal matter and she will not like to talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diya Kumari married Narendra Singh in August 1997 after a\ncourtship. The community opposed their plans for marriage as both were from the\nsame Gotra. Despite the opposition and the image of the royal family at the\nstack, the couple held their ground and tied the knot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diya Kumari is the daughter of former Maharaja of Jaipur\nBhawani Singh and Maharani Padmini Devi. She pursued education in Jaipur, Delhi\nand London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple has three children \u2013 Sawai Padmanabh Singh,\nLakshya Raj Singh and Gauravi Kumari. Born on July 2, 1998, Padmanabh was\ncoroneted and became Maharaja (king) of Jaipur in 2011. He is the youngest ever\nplayer to represent India in a World Cup match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She joined BJP in September 2013 in the presence of then\nchief minister of Gujrat Narendra Modi and senior leaders including Rajnath\nSingh and Vasundhara Raje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress has announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/congress-fields-krishna-poonia-against-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-in-jaipur-rural\/\">complete list of candidates on 25 seats<\/a> for Lok Sabha polls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dates for upcoming Lok Sabha Elections were announced by\nElection Commission of India. Polling in Rajasthan on 25 seats will be held on\nApril 29 (Phase 4) and May 6 (Phase 5). The results will be announced on May\n23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur:&nbsp; The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has still not announced the candidates for six constituencies of Rajasthan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The nomination process for the elections began in the state for the first phase on Tuesday. There were reports that Jaipur\u2019s ex-royal princess and former BJP MLA of Sawaimadhopur Diya Kumari will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lok Sabha election 2019: Diya Kumari likely to contest from Rajsamand!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There were reports that Jaipur\u2019s ex-royal princess and former BJP MLA of Sawaimadhopur Diya Kumari will likely fight the Lok Sabha polls from Rajsamand seat. 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