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Alwar: For Meena Kumari, 46, an Independent contesting from the Alwar Rural seat in Rajasthan, the election isnt as much about winning as it is about defeating her father, BJP candidate and former MLA Jairam Jatav...
Speaking to ThePrint on the campaign trail, Kumari said she was forced to come out of the kitchen to contest against her father because of the ill-treatment she had faced from him since she was born...
She described Jatav as a superstitious man who had tortured her for bringing bad luck to the family...
Kumari was in the fray to cut votes, but wont be able to, added Jatav, who won the seat on a BJP ticket in 2013 but wasnt nominated by the party in 2018...
When Jatav contested from Alwar Rural in 2013, Kumari after initial reluctance, she said walked next to her father to seek votes for him..
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