Rahul Kaswan

Rahul Kaswan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Ram Singh Kaswan
Constituency	Churu
Personal details
Born	(1977-01-20) 20 January 1977 Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Bhartiya Janta Party (2014–2024)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Ram Singh Kaswan (Father) Kamla Kaswan (Mother)
Residence	Deep Niwas Sadulpur
Education	B. Com, PGDM (Delhi University) and (National Institute of Sales, Delhi)

Rahul Kaswan (born 20 January 1977) is an Indian politician from Churu, Rajasthan. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha since 2014 from Churu constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.

Personal life

He is the son of four-time former MP, Ram Singh Kaswan, and grandson of former MP, Deep Chand Kaswan. His mother Kamala Kaswan too has been a MLA from the region. His ancestors had migrated to Kalri village of Churu district in Rajasthan from Matani village of Bhiwani district in Haryana.

Career

He became a first-timer after a big win in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when became the youngest MP from Rajasthan. He won with a record margin of 294,739 votes, the highest ever in the Churu constituency, thereby getting the rank of 6th highest margin winner, out of 25 seats in Rajasthan. He was pitted against Congress' first-timer Pratap Punia in the Churu Lok Sabha constituency. As an MP from Churu, he became the immediate successor of his father who was the MP of Churu for four terms.

He won the election as a Member of Lok Sabha again in 2019 from the same constituency. Before 2024 Indian general elections He joined Indian National Congress (INC) on 11 March. He resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party citing political reasons but as per media reports he joined Indian National Congress because he was denied ticket by the BJP, though he expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi party leaders for giving him the opportunity to represent Rajasthan's Churu as the MP twice.