Chhotu Singh Bhati

Chhotu Singh Bhati
Member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 December 2023
Preceded byRooparam
ConstituencyJaisalmer
In office
2008–2018
Preceded bySang Singh
Succeeded byRooparam
ConstituencyJaisalmer
Personal details
Born (1955-01-19) 19 January 1955 (age 71)
Poonam Nagar, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Geeta Kunwar
(m. 1985)
Children2
OccupationAgriculturalist

Chotu Singh Bhati (born 19 January 1955) is an Indian politician and a member of 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing the Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan.[2][3] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][2] He was also a member of the 13th and the 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.[2]

Personal life

Bhati was born on 19 January 1955 to Karan Singh Bhati and Chand Kunwar in the Poonam Nagar village of Jaisalmer district.[1] He completed intermediate education from S.S School, Rajasthan in Ajmer in the year 1973–74.[5] Singh married Geeta Kunwar on 13 March 1985, with whom he has two sons.[1] Singh is an agriculturalist by profession.[5]

Political career

Bhati won from the Jaisalmer constituency in the 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party, and repeated it again in 2013, becoming a member of the 13th and the 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly respectively.[2]

In the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Bhati again representing Bharatiya Janata Party, went on to defeat rival and incumbent Rooparam of Indian National Congress by a margin of 18,687 votes, regaining the Jaisalmer constituency seat in the process.[2][3][6]

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