Introducing Mahendra Pratap Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was a great freedom fighter who went to Afghanistan to form the first government-in-exile and himself became its President. With this, he has laid the foundation of establishing a university in the name of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh in Aligarh on 14th November. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, who came from a Jat family, was not only a well-educated person in his area, he also played the role of writer and journalist.
First government in exile: Let us tell you that on December 1, 1915, during the British rule in Afghanistan, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh announced an independent Indian government, which is called the government in exile. The work that Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh had done long ago, Subhas Chandra Bose did the same work later. It is said that there were many similarities between the two.
1957 election riots: Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh had even forfeited the bail of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Jan Sangh’s stalwart leader in the 1957 Lok Sabha elections. In fact, in the second general election held in 1957 after the independence of the country, Atli ji had filed from Mathura. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was in the fray as an independent candidate and Digambar Singh as the Congress candidate. By the way, Chaudhary Digambar Singh was a big Congress leader of the Jat community at that time and he avenged his defeat in 1962 by defeating Raja Mahendra Singh by about 30 thousand votes.
An Appeal and forfeiture of Bail: In this 1957 Lok Sabha election, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had once said in the election campaign that the contribution made by Raja Saheb towards the independence of the country, vote for him to honor him. Actually, in that election, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was contesting from two seats Mathura and Balrampur simultaneously. The effect of Atal ji’s appeal was that Raja Mahendra Pratap, who had earlier lost the Lok Sabha election, won this time by getting 40.68 percent (95202) votes and Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself stood at number four by getting only 10 percent votes, in this election his The bail was forfeited.
This time he got ticket from Mathura Vidhan Sabha: Former Prime Minister Atal ji, who is called the era man of Indian politics, has an old and close relationship with Mathura. He has contested the Lok Sabha elections from Mathura parliamentary constituency. However, he had to face defeat. At present, this time cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma will be in the fray for the second time from Mathura assembly seat from BJP. BSP rebel SK Sharma from BJP, Pradeep Mathur, who was a four-time MLA from Congress, is once again in the electoral fray. Apart from these, former Hathras MLA Devendra Agarwal is also contesting from this seat from SP this time.
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