Mysore: Yaduveer Krishnadutt Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the former royal family of Mysore, tasted success in his first electoral contest on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old American-educated Wadiyar, who joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, won the Mysuru Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress's M Laxman by a margin of 1,39,262 votes.
His victory here is being seen as a big blow to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, as Mysuru is his home district and he had invested a lot of time and energy in camping, strategizing and campaigning here.
Fielding Wadiyar, who has emerged politically as a candidate to replace the party's sitting MP Pratap Simha, was seen as a master stroke for the BJP as it still enjoys immense good will among the people of Mysore due to the contribution of the Wadiyar family. Is. Royals in this area.Wadiyar, the 27th "King" of the Wadiyar dynasty, was crowned as head of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family on 28 May 2015.
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, the widow of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the last descendant of the Wadiyar dynasty, adopted Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs, as he had no children, after which he was named Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.
Wadiyar, who enjoys playing the guitar and Saraswati Veena, has completed his BA in Economics and English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the US. He is the grandson of Princess Gayatri Devi (sister of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar), eldest daughter of the last Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar.
Interested in history, he plays tennis and is interested in horse racing.He is married to Trishika Kumari Wadiyar, who belongs to the Dungarpur royal family of Rajasthan. Trishika's father Harshvardhan Singh was a Rajya Sabha MP of BJP.
Politics is nothing new for the Mysuru Royal family. The previous descendant, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, represented the Mysuru parliamentary constituency four times and was defeated once.
Srikant Dutt mostly stayed in Congress, but also stayed in BJP for a short time.Srikantadatta's father Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the last Maharaja of Mysore, held the post of Rajpramukh/Governor after independence.
The 32-year-old American-educated Wadiyar, who joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, won the Mysuru Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress's M Laxman by a margin of 1,39,262 votes.
His victory here is being seen as a big blow to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, as Mysuru is his home district and he had invested a lot of time and energy in camping, strategizing and campaigning here.
Fielding Wadiyar, who has emerged politically as a candidate to replace the party's sitting MP Pratap Simha, was seen as a master stroke for the BJP as it still enjoys immense good will among the people of Mysore due to the contribution of the Wadiyar family. Is. Royals in this area.Wadiyar, the 27th "King" of the Wadiyar dynasty, was crowned as head of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family on 28 May 2015.
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, the widow of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the last descendant of the Wadiyar dynasty, adopted Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs, as he had no children, after which he was named Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.
Wadiyar, who enjoys playing the guitar and Saraswati Veena, has completed his BA in Economics and English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the US. He is the grandson of Princess Gayatri Devi (sister of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar), eldest daughter of the last Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar.
Interested in history, he plays tennis and is interested in horse racing.He is married to Trishika Kumari Wadiyar, who belongs to the Dungarpur royal family of Rajasthan. Trishika's father Harshvardhan Singh was a Rajya Sabha MP of BJP.
Politics is nothing new for the Mysuru Royal family. The previous descendant, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, represented the Mysuru parliamentary constituency four times and was defeated once.
Srikant Dutt mostly stayed in Congress, but also stayed in BJP for a short time.Srikantadatta's father Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the last Maharaja of Mysore, held the post of Rajpramukh/Governor after independence.
