FAUJIS WHO FOUGHT ELECTIONS - 2014 FOR LOK SABHA

16 MAY 2014 -  SIGNALS FAMILY HAS GREAT HONOUR IN CONGRATULATING GENERAL VK SINGH FOR HIS RECORD VICTORY TODAY AS BJP CANDIDATE FROM GHAZIABAD FOR LOK SABHA WITH A MARGIN OF 5.7 LAKHS. 

          WE ALSO CONGRATULATE MAJ GEN BC KHANDURI AND CAPT AMRINDER SINGH OUR OLD VETERANS AND  STALWARTS FOR VICTORY, AS ALSO  COL RVS RATHOR (OLYMPIAN), COL SONA RAM  FOR  THEIR MAIDEN POLITICAL VICTORIES


IN ELECTIONS-2014. LET US ALSO CHEER KIRRON KHER D/O COL TS SANDHU AND DIMPLE YADAV D/O COL SC RAWAT.
          WE ALSO WISH BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,  TO  MAJ JASWANT SINGH, COL DAVENDER SEHRAWAT, WG CDR ABDUL NASIR HANFEE, MAJ SURENDRA POONIA, LT GEN RAJ KADIAN, COL PS BHATNAGAR, COL BHARAT SINGH, SQN LDR KVV PRASAD, COL J CHITLE, COL SURESH PATIL, BRIG BIRTHWAL (NOIDA) AND LT COL SP SINGH AS ALSO GUL PANAG D/O LT GEN HS PANAG AND MEERA SANYAL D/O ADMIRAL GM HIRANANDANI . 
         YOU HAVE DONE THE ARMED FORCES GREAT PROUD.

Record number of ex-Army men in Parliament Vijay Mohan
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 16
It what may be an unprecedented development in Indian politics, at least six former Defence personnel from across the country have been elected to the Lok Sabha at the same time. Prominent among them are former Army Chief, General VK Singh and Olympian Col Rajyavardhan Singh.

Gen VK Singh (retd)

Rajya- vardhan Singh

While some of them emerged victorious in the first political battle, others are political veterans. There are also several former army officers who chose to contest the elections, but could not make it.

In their maiden political foray, General VK Singh and Col Rathore contested on BJP tickets from Ghaziabad and Jaipur (rural) constituencies. General VK Singh,  ---- emerged victorious by a huge margin, polling about 7.5 lakh votes vis-à-vis about 1.9 lakh poled by his nearest rival, Raj Babbar of the Congress. Col Rathore, a Grenadiers officer who had won a silver in shooting at the 2004 Athens Olympics, too won by an impressive margin polling over 6 lakh votes – double his nearest rival from the Congress.

This would be the second time a former service chief will enter Parliament. Earlier, General Shankar Roychowdhary had been nominated as a Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal.

     
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FAUJIs AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ENTERED THE POLITICAL ARENA

Name	Party	Seat	Won / Lost	Votes Polled	Margin of Victory / Defeat
General(R)	BJP	Ghaziabad	Won	7,58,482	5.6 L
VK Singh		(UP)
Col (R)	BJP	Jaipur Rural	Won	6,32,930	3.3 L
RS Rathore		(RJ)
Col (R)	BJP	Barmer	Won	4,88,747	0.8 L
Sona Ram		(RJ)
Capt (R)	INC	Amritsar	Won	4,82,876	1.0 L
Amrinder Singh		(PB)
Maj Gen (R)	BJP	Garhwal	Won	4,05,690	1.8 L
BC Khanduri		(UK)
Maj (R)	IND	Barmer	Lost (2nd)	4,01,286	0.8 L
Jaswant Singh		(RJ)
Col (R)	AAP	South Delhi	Lost (2nd)	3,90,980	1.0 L
Devinder Sehrawat
Kirron Kher	BJP	Chandigarh	Won	1,91,362	0.7 L
D/O Col (R)
TS Sandhu
Gul Panag	AAP	Chandigarh	Lost (3rd)	1,08,679	0.8 L
D/O Lt Gen (R)
HS Panag
Meera Sanyal	AAP	Mumbai South	Lost (4th)	40,388	3.3 L
D/O Vadm (R)		(MH)
GM Hiranandani
Wing Cdr (R)	AAP	Jabalpur (MP)	Lost (4th)	15,977	5.4 L
Abdul Nasir Hanfee
Major (R)	AAP	Sikar	Lost (5th)	15,666	4.8 L
Surendra Poonia		(RJ)
Lt Gen (R)	AAP	Jhunjhunu	Lost (6th)	10,386	4.7 L
Raj Kadyan
Col (R)	AAP	Rajsamand,(RJ)	Lost (9th)	4,897	6.4 L
PS Bhatnagar
Col (R)	AAP	Balia	Lost (10th)	3297	3.5 L
Bharat Singh		(UP)
Sqn Ldr (R)	AAP	Guntur	Lost (8th)	2,258	6.0 L
KVV Prasad		(AP)
Col (R)	IND	Pune	Lost (8th)	1884	5.6 L
J Chitale		(MH)
Col (R)	BMP	Pune	Lost (10th)	1,324	5.6 L
Suresh Patil		(MH)
Lt Col (R)	NBDP	GB Nagar	Lost (14th)	1183	5.9 L
SP Singh		(UP)

Mrs Dimple                  SP                                 Won
Yadav D/O
Col SC Rawat
Brig Birthwal  (Noida)                                   Lost  (Fought from Haridwar)

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