BJP's Arti Rao wins close contest with BSP's Attar Lal in Ateli. Congress's Anita Yadav a distant 3rd

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Gurugram: Aarti Rao, daughter of Union minister of state Rao Inderjit Singh and BJP candidate from Haryanas Ateli, defeated her nearest rival Attar Lal of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) by a narrow margin of 3,085 votes..

Aarti represents the third generation of a prominent political dynasty..

Her grandfather, Rao Birender Singh, served as the second chief minister of Haryana, and her lineage traces back to Rao Tula Ram, a renowned freedom fighter and Yaduvanshi Ahir chieftain of Rewari from 1838 to 1857...

Rao Inderjit Singh, who made the switch from Congress to BJP ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had intended to launch Aartis political career in both 2014 and 2019..

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