| Does Lokendra Singh Kalvi smoke?: Not Known |
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| Does Lokendra Singh Kalvi drink alcohol?: Not Known |
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| He was born into a family of politicians. |
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| His father, Kalyan Singh Kalvi, was a prominent politician of Janta Dal from Rajasthan who was also elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in the general election of 1989 from Barmer constituency. |
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| He hails from Kalvi village in Nagaur district, Rajasthan. |
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| His father was a close confidant of India’s former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. |
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| In 1991, his father became a cabinet minister, holding the portfolio for Energy. |
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| In 2003, he formed ‘Samajik Nyaya Manch’ with an estranged BJP leader Devi Singh Bhati and also fought the 2003 Rajasthan Assembly election under the banner of ‘Samajik Nyaya Manch.’ However, it won just one seat. |
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| In 2006, Lokendra Kalvi founded Shri Rajput Karni Sena, in a reaction to oppose the caste-based reservation in India. |
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| He is considered a rival to Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and had organised numerous rallies against her policies, during her 1st stint as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. |
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| Since the declaration of Sanjay Leela Bhansali that he would make a film titled Padmaavati based on Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epic poem Padmavat (1540), Lokendra Kalvi led Shri Rajput Karni Sena started doing protest against the making and release of the film, citing the reasons that the film has contents in contrast to the dignity of the Rajput clan of Rajasthan. Karni Sena also vandalized a film set in January 2017. Karni Sena also led violent protests in various districts throughout India, ahead of its release in January 2018. |
