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BJP’s Krishan Pal Gurjar Scores Hat-Trick, But With Significantly Lower Vote Margin

June 5, 2024 - by thesundayheadlines

Despite winning Faridabad for the third time, Krishan Pal Gurjar’s victory margin saw a notable decline.

BJP’s Krishan Pal Gurjar achieved a hat-trick by winning the Faridabad constituency of Haryana on Tuesday. He secured 7.8 lakh votes, approximately 1.7 lakh more than his Congress rival Mahender Pratap Singh. However, this victory came with a significantly reduced margin compared to previous elections, dropping from a 6.38 lakh vote lead.

Gurjar and Singh, both prominent figures from the Gurjar community, were pivotal in the election. The Faridabad constituency, influenced by voters from the Gurjar, Jat, Punjabi, Brahmin, and Muslim communities, saw their influence shaping the outcome.

Krishan Pal Gurjar won Faridabad for the third consecutive time but with a significantly reduced margin compared to previous elections.

Hat-Trick Victory: Krishan Pal Gurjar wins Faridabad for the third consecutive time but with a significantly reduced margin compared to previous elections.
Voter Turnout: Faridabad’s voter turnout in 2024 was 60.52 percent, a decrease from 64.10 percent in 2019.
Statewide Results: BJP and Congress each secured five seats in Haryana, while AAP failed to win any seats.

In previous elections, Krishan Pal Gurjar defeated Congress leader Avtar Singh Bhadana in 2014, securing 57.70 percent of the vote share. He repeated his success in 2019 with a massive margin of 6,38,239 votes. This year, however, his victory was less pronounced.

The Faridabad constituency includes nine assembly segments: Hathin, Hodal, Palwal, Prithla, Faridabad NIT, Badkhal, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, and Tigaon, and is categorized as a general seat.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 14,70,649 people exercised their voting rights, resulting in a voter turnout of 60.52 percent, a 3.58 percent decrease from the 64.10 percent turnout in 2019.

Statewide, the BJP and Congress each won five of the total 10 seats. The INDIA bloc ally AAP did not win any seats in Haryana.

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Mahakumbh of Gurjar community will be held in Surajkund

December 21, 2022 - by thesundayheadlines

Mahakumbh of the Gurjar community will be held in Surajkund on the 23rd and 24th of December.
Artists, players, leaders, and actors will reach 13 states to showcase folk culture, art, and history. Ministers and leaders associated with various political parties from Delhi NCR will also participate.

For the first time in 13 states of the country, the Gurjar community, which has incorporated its cultural heritage, is coming forward openly in an organized manner. For this, Gurjar Mahotsav is being organized in the Surajkund fair premises on 23rd and 24th December, in which lakhs of people have been claimed to gather.
The organizers of the festival, Gurjar Art and Culture Trust, spoke to the media today. In this, it was told that Gurjar community has a rich cultural heritage, but due to some reason, negative propaganda has been launched against them and efforts have been made to separate them at political, social and economic levels. But today the society is waking up and is revealing its true nature.

All the exercise is being done for the coming generation

The coordinator of the event Diwakar Bidhuri and co-coordinator Romi Bhati etc. told that through Gurjar Mahotsav we want to tell the coming generation about our glorious history. For this, seminars of scholars, painting competition, cuisine, cultural exhibition, slide show based on the life of great men, dance-music etc. programs will be organized. Information about freedom fighters of Gurjar community, heroes of various armies and literature will also be displayed in Gurjar Mahotsav. In which people of Gurjar community spread across 13 states of the country are coming here to participate.

There will be an eye on every corner for security

Festival coordinator Diwakar Bidhuri said that 500 volunteers have been appointed to keep the fair premises safe, who will keep an eye on every nook and corner and guide the visitors. The work of installing CCTV is also being done in the fair premises for security purposes, while work is being done in coordination with the local police.
Gurjars coming from far away will stay in Bhawans
Bidhuri said that people from 13 states will bring their cultural heritage to the Gurjar festival. People coming from far off places will stay at Gurjar Bhavans in Faridabad and Gurugram from where buses have been arranged to reach the Mela premises, while a large number of people will also stay at their relatives’ places. Apart from this, those coming from Delhi NCR will reach here by their vehicles, whose parking arrangements will be kept careful.

Gurjar festival will remain non-political

The co-convenor of the festival Romi Bhati told that we know that Gurjar community has been politically ignored but this event will be completely non-political. People from every section of the society will be welcome in this. The fair is organized completely free of cost, Gurjar Samaj is participating in it, but everyone is invited to come as a spectator. He told that this is our first attempt but we will try to learn something from the last time every year.

Youth will join social media

Romi Bhati told that the youth are working hard for the success of Gurjar Mahotsav. He continues to spread the message and selfies through his social media platforms. Thousands of youths are appealing to participate in Gurjar Mahotsav everyday on their social media accounts. He is coming here to take stock of the preparations for the fair and is uploading photos and videos from here. Due to which this festival is moving towards being a social Kumbh, from whose churning the nectar of social harmony will emerge.
Anantram Tanwar, Ranbir Chandila, Hawa Singh Chhonkar, Neetu Bhadana, Tilak Raj Bainsla, Gyanchand Bhadana, Randeep Chauhan, Niranjan Nagar, Nirmal Dedha, Raghubar Nagar etc. were prominently present on this occasion.