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However, the energy soon fizzles out as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Ateli Vidhan Sabha seat, Arti Raodaughter of Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh starts talking about her ancestry, her decade-long struggle to get a ticket, and her partys track record of building roads...
Ten years ago, it took people from Ateli eight hours to reach Chandigarh, but with the BJP government building roads, it now only takes three-four hours, declares Rao, making her debut as a political candidate at a gram chaupal (community gathering) in Rampura village of the Ateli assembly constituency...
Show your magic, as you did for my father, Rao Inderjitsahab, and my grandfather, Rao Birender Singhthe second chief minister of Haryana, says Rao as BJP workers chant Arti Raozindabad, Rao Inderjitzindabad...
As her convoy of tractors and vehicleswith BJP flags fluttering on the hoods and campaign songs blaring from their speakerssnakes through the narrow lanes Saturday, Rao rolls down her SUV window to wave at villagers who have queued up along the road to catch a glimpse of the woman whose lineage traces back to Rao Tula Ram, the former king of the Ahirwal region..
Raos father has expressed his desire to become chief minister and she endorses it, saying that this is also the demand of south Haryana, not her father alone.. Speaking to ThePrint, Rao says, The area has made the BJP come into power time and time again, and this is not the cry of Rao Inderjit Singh as much..
