36 Facts About Hanuman Beniwal

Hanuman Beniwal is serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Nagaur since 2019.

Hanuman Beniwal is president and national convener of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.

Hanuman Beniwal has been elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four-terms from Khinvsar constituency since 2008.

Hanuman Beniwal is a two term member of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament from Nagaur.

Hanuman Beniwal did Bachelor of Arts from University of Rajasthan in 1993 and then he obtained Bachelor of Laws in 1998.

Hanuman Beniwal's younger brother Narayan Beniwal, is a former member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Khinvsar constituency of Nagaur.

Hanuman Beniwal's father Ramdev Beniwal was a two term member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Mundwa constituency.

Hanuman Beniwal was initially exposed to politics due to his political family as his father, Ramdev Hanuman Beniwal, became a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Mundwa constituency for two terms in 1977 and 1985.

Hanuman Beniwal first entered politics when he became president of Rajasthan College in 1995 and then he became president of the Rajasthan University Student Union in 1997, having previously won the University Law College in 1996.

Hanuman Beniwal entered the Rajasthan state politics in 2008 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Hanuman Beniwal secured his seat in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for the first time by winning the 2008 assembly elections with a margin of 24,443 votes.

In 2013, Hanuman Beniwal was suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party after publicly alleging corruption by senior party leaders, including then-opposition leader Vasundhara Raje and Rajendra Rathore.

The controversy marked a turning point in Hanuman Beniwal's career, prompting him to form the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.

Hanuman Beniwal demanded a CBI inquiry against Rajasthan cabinet minister Yunus Khan, alleging Khan helped gangster Anandpal Singh escape police custody in exchange for his electoral support in 2013.

On 23 September 2015, Hanuman Beniwal was reportedly attacked by unidentified assailants while traveling from Jaipur to Nagaur.

Hanuman Beniwal's party gained support from agrarian groups, with backing from leaders like Ghanshyam Tiwari and Jayant Chaudhary during its formative rallies.

Hanuman Beniwal then contested the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections as a member of his own Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, and secured seat in assembly for the third term with a margin of 16,948 votes.

Hanuman Beniwal then entered the national politics and won the 2019 general elections in alliance with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party but subsequently he parted ways with the NDA over three controversial farm bills in 2020 and extended his support to farmers in protest.

Hanuman Beniwal then won the 2023 assembly elections and secured his seat in assembly for consecutive fourth term and this time he contested the election as an RLP candidate.

Hanuman Beniwal party contested two bye-elections on Rajasthan's Khinvsar constituency in 2019 and 2024, fielding his brother Narayan and wife Kanika, respectively, after he vacated the seat for national politics.

However, in the 2024 by-election, prompted by Hanuman's re-election to the Lok Sabha, Kanika Beniwal lost to BJP's Rewant Ram Danga, a former RLP defector, by 13,901 votes, marking the first time since 2008 that a non-Beniwal won Khinvsar.

On 29 October 2018, Hanuman Beniwal founded the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, becoming its president and national convenor in the process.

In 2020, Hanuman Beniwal opposed to the three farm laws introduced by the modi government.

At the time, Hanuman Beniwal was the Member of Parliament from Nagaur, elected in 2019 in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance.

Hanuman Beniwal mobilised agrarian communities in the Shekhawati and Nagaur regions, to join the protests against the laws.

On 8 December 2020, Hanuman Beniwal supported the Bharat Bandh, a nationwide strike called by farmer unions.

On 26 December 2020, Hanuman Beniwal announced the RLP's withdrawal from the NDA, accusing the central government of betraying farmers and ignoring their plight.

Hanuman Beniwal was among the first parliamentarians to react when the intruders entered the Lok Sabha chamber during Zero Hour, around 1:01 PM, as BJP MP Khagen Murmu was speaking.

Hanuman Beniwal then contested the 2024 general election in alliance with the Congress-led INDIA bloc and won the election against BJP candidate Jyoti Mirdha with a margin of 42,225 votes.

In 2021, Hanuman Beniwal emerged as a key advocate for cancelling the Rajasthan Sub-Inspector recruitment examination conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission to fill 859 vacancies for Sub-Inspectors and platoon commanders.

Hanuman Beniwal accused the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Bhajanlal government of failing to act despite evidence of malpractice, including the arrest of approximately 50 trainee Sub-Inspectors and two RPSC members by the Special Operations Group.

Hanuman Beniwal further claimed that the government disregarded recommendations from the SOG and a cabinet sub-committee to cancel the recruitment process.

On 26 April 2025, the RLP launched an indefinite sit-in protest at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur, led by Hanuman Beniwal, demanding the dissolution of the RPSC, suspension of fraudulently selected candidates, arrest of implicated RPSC members, and public disclosure of all candidates' answer sheets.

Hanuman Beniwal called for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged recruitment scam.

On 6 May 2025, Hanuman Beniwal held an party meeting in Jaipur to discuss the ongoing agitation, attended by party members from 21 districts.

Hanuman Beniwal is a follower and disciple of the Rajasthani folk hero-deity Veer Teja.