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Union Minister Meena loses Dausa seat to brother

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Congress candidate and Union Minister of State for Finance, Namonarain Meena today not only lost the Dausa seat to his brother Harish Chandra Meena (BJP) but also stood third in the poll race.

Harish Meena won the Dausa Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival Kirori Lal Meena of National People's Party by a margin of 45,404 votes.

Harish, former DGP of Rajasthan police, secured 3,15,059 votes, whereas Kirori and Namonarain got 2,69,655 and 1,81,272 votes respectively.

Kirori had won from Dausa constituency in 2009 Lok Sabha elections but he had quit the seat after winning the Lalsot Assembly seat last year.

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First Published: May 16 2014 | 7:06 PM IST

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