{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1972)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Fanpov|date=April 2026}} {{Peacock|date=April 2026}} }} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hanuman Beniwal | image = Hanuman Beniwal in 2024.jpg | caption = Beniwal in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|03|02}} | birth_place = Barangaon, Rajasthan, India | office2 = Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | constituency3 = Khinvsar | term_start2 = 16 December 2023 | term_end2 = 18 June 2024 | predecessor2 = Narayan Beniwal | successor2 = Rewant Ram Danga | term_start = 4 June 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | term3 = 2008–2019 | successor3 = Narayan Beniwal | predecessor3 = ''Constituency established'' | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start1 = {{start date|df=y|2019|05|23}} | term_end1 = 15 December 2023 | constituency1 = Nagaur | predecessor1 = C. R. Chaudhary | successor1 = | office5 = President of the Rajasthan University Student Union | term_start5 = 1997 | predecessor5 = | party = Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (2018–present) | other_party = Bharatiya Janata Party (2004–2013)<br />Indian National Lok Dal (2003) | office6 = | term_start6 = | term_end6 = | father = | mother = | spouse = {{marriage|Kanika Beniwal|2009}} | children = 2 | education = B.A, L.L.B | alma_mater = University of Rajasthan | occupation = Social worker, agriculturist | office4 = President of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party | predecessor4 = | term_start4 = 29 October 2018 | signature = | term_end5 = 1998<ref name="t486">{{cite web | last=Dadhich | first=Mahesh | title=जानें RU के इन छात्रसंघ अध्यक्षों के बारें में, जो बने राजनीति के दिग्गज खिलाड़ी | website=News18 हिंदी | date=28 August 2017 | url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jaipur-know-about-all-student-president-of-rajasthan-university-1091915.html | language=hi | access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref> | successor5 = | profession = Politician }} '''Hanuman Beniwal''' ({{IPA|hi|ɦənʊˈmaːn beːˈɳiːʋaːl|-|Hanuman Beniwal pronunciation.ogg}}; born 2 March 1972) is an Indian politician and founder of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP). Beniwal has served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Nagaur since 2019. He is the founder and national convener of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, the third political party of Rajasthan besides the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four-terms from the Khinvsar constituency since 2008.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |date= |title=Hanuman Beniwal floats a new political party in Rajasthan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018/hanuman-beniwal-floats-new-political-party-in-rajasthan/article25363118.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507181101/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018/hanuman-beniwal-floats-new-political-party-in-rajasthan/article25363118.ece |archive-date=7 May 2024 |access-date=29 October 2018 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=30 October 2018 |title=Independent MLA Hanuman Beniwal floats new party, calls for third front government in Rajasthan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hanuman-beniwal-floats-new-party-calls-for-third-front-government/story-AO9NtY7uznO6jPbuorg2aI.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328101007/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hanuman-beniwal-floats-new-party-calls-for-third-front-government/story-AO9NtY7uznO6jPbuorg2aI.html |archive-date=28 March 2023 |access-date=30 October 2018 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
His political career began during his student life as the president of the Rajasthan University Student Union. He later entered the Politics of Rajasthan with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2008. Beniwal later formed the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, after accusing BJP leaders of corruption.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The importance of being Hanuman Beniwal in Rajasthan politics |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/the-importance-of-being-hanuman-beniwal-in-rajasthan-politics-115122/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315192141/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/the-importance-of-being-hanuman-beniwal-in-rajasthan-politics-115122/ |archive-date=15 March 2025 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
Beniwal is an agrarian rights activist. He resigned from the parliamentary committees and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in opposition to the 2020 Indian agriculture acts.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |date=19 December 2020 |title=BJP ally Hanuman Beniwal resigns from 3 parliamentary committees in support of farmers' protest |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-ally-hanuman-beniwal-resigns-from-3-parliamentary-committees-in-support-of-farmers-protest-1751187-2020-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327160009/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-ally-hanuman-beniwal-resigns-from-3-parliamentary-committees-in-support-of-farmers-protest-1751187-2020-12-19 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=6 September 2023 |magazine=India Today}}</ref> He has led various protests on public issues, most notably against the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC),<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=27 December 2024 |title=Hanuman Beniwal demands cancellation of Rajasthan SI recruitment exam, 2021 |url=https://theprint.in/india/hanuman-beniwal-demands-cancellation-of-rajasthan-si-recruitment-exam-2021/2422597/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250503040624/https://theprint.in/india/hanuman-beniwal-demands-cancellation-of-rajasthan-si-recruitment-exam-2021/2422597/ |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=2 May 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} “''The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party supremo, without naming anyone, also claimed that two ministers and two senior IAS officers have connections with some SI who got selections fraudulently. The SOG has arrested several people, including 50 trainee sub-inspectors, in the paper leak case. “Despite evidence of paper leak on a large scale in the recruitment examination of police sub-inspectors in Rajasthan and the reputation of an institution like Rajasthan Public Service Commission being ruined and the arrest of RPSC members, the BJP government in Rajasthan has forgotten the demands made while in opposition like cancelling the police sub-inspector recruitment and getting the recruitment scams investigated by the CBI,” the Nagaur MP posted on X.''”</ref> over paper leaks, illegal sand mining in the state,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nagaur : रातभर हनुमान बेनीवाल ने बजरी माफियाओं के खिलाफ बोला हल्ला, सुबह 5 बजे किया बड़ा ऐलान |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/rajasthan/nagaur/throughout-night-hanuman-beniwal-spoke-against-gravel-mafia-made-big-announcement-at-5-in-morning/1735961 |access-date=15 August 2025 |website=Zee Rajasthan |language=hi}}</ref> and the central government’s Agnipath military recruitment scheme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online {{!}} |first=E. T. |date=2 July 2024 |title=Scrap Agnipath; bring back the old army recruitment scheme: Hanuman Beniwal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/scrap-agnipath-bring-back-the-old-army-recruitment-scheme-hanuman-beniwal/videoshow/111426722.cms |access-date=15 August 2025 |website=The Economic Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Beniwal was born on 2 March 1972 to Ramdev Beniwal and Mohini Devi in Barangaon village of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Beniwal, Shri Hanuman - Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5205?from=members |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115074904/https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5205?from=members |archive-date=15 November 2024 |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> His father was a two-term member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Mundwa constituency.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 November 2023 |title=Rajasthan assembly elections: These 10 hot seats have turned into high-stakes battles |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections-these-10-hot-seats-have-turned-into-high-stakes-battles/articleshow/105375338.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406175554/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections-these-10-hot-seats-have-turned-into-high-stakes-battles/articleshow/105375338.cms |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> He belongs to the Hindu Jat community.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6gnJRy43ixU?si=aAatAGF4-jUJkNiE |title=जाट महासभा के मंच से Hanuman Beniwal ने दूरी क्यों रखी? {{!}} Encounter {{!}} Rajasthan Election 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=29 September 2024 |quote=I am a Jat (0:34)}}</ref> He acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Rajasthan in 1993 and then he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1998.<ref name="MyNeta">{{cite news |title=Hanuman Beniwal(Rashtriya Loktantrik Party):Constituency- NAGAUR(RAJASTHAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11760 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410065221/http://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11760 |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=21 June 2019 |work=www.myneta.info}}</ref>
== Early political career (1994–2008) ==
=== Student politics === Beniwal began his political career as a student leader at Rajasthan University. In 1994, Beniwal was elected president of Maharaja College, Jaipur student union, a position he held again in 1995. Beniwal became president of the Law College, Jaipur in 1996.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2 June 2019 |title=जानिए, MP हनुमान बेनीवाल के बारे में सब कुछ, गांव का एक लड़का संघर्ष के बूते कैसे पहुंचा देश की संसद तक |trans-title=Know everything about MP Hanuman Beniwal, how a village boy reached the country's parliament through struggle |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-and-political-career-4655722 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131073816/https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-and-political-career-4655722/ |archive-date=31 January 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref>
During the 1996 Rajasthan University student union elections, Beniwal and Mahendra Chaudhary opposed a proposed university shutdown by opposition groups. Later, a confrontation at the university gate led to a clash with police, resulting in a lathicharge. Beniwal and over a dozen students were arrested and detained at Jaipur Central Jail. They were subsequently released by the state government. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Rohit |date=29 October 2018 |title=जानिए, कौन है हनुमान बेनीवाल, क्यों करता है युवाओं के दिलों पर राज, पढ़ें खास रिपोर्ट {{!}} Hanuman Beniwal Biography in Hindi from University to assembly |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-from-university-to-assembly-3641896 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250701091857/https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-from-university-to-assembly-3641896 |archive-date=1 July 2025 |work=Rajasthan Patrika |language=hi |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="u892">{{cite news |last=सुल्तान |first=विनय |date=29 October 2018 |title=राजस्थान के उस छात्रनेता की कहानी, जिसे गिरफ्तार करना सरकार पर भारी पड़ गया था |url=https://www.thelallantop.com/lallankhas/post/profile-of-hanuman-beniwal-who-is-mla-from-khinvsar-and-emerged-as-a-big-farmer-leader |work=The Lallantop |language=hi |access-date=31 October 2025}}</ref>
In September 1997, following a gang rape at JC Bose Hostel, public outrage grew in Jaipur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 1998 |title=J.C. Bose Hostel rape case: Bharat Bhushan Pareek becomes first accused to be granted bail |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19980810-jc-bose-hostel-rape-case-bharat-bhushan-pareek-becomes-first-accused-to-be-granted-bail-828040-1998-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627124835/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19980810-jc-bose-hostel-rape-case-bharat-bhushan-pareek-becomes-first-accused-to-be-granted-bail-828040-1998-06-09 |archive-date=27 June 2025 |access-date=27 June 2025 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Beniwal led protests against the incident, gaining support among students. Beniwal contested and won the 1997 Rajasthan University student union elections as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2012 |title=Rajasthan MLA Hanuman Beniwal to complain against sentence in 1997 case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/rajasthan-mla-beniwal-to-complain-against-sentence-in-1997-case-124685-2012-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504234729/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/rajasthan-mla-beniwal-to-complain-against-sentence-in-1997-case-124685-2012-12-17 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |access-date=27 June 2025 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
During his tenure as student union president, Beniwal advocated for a five percent bonus in marks for rural students during Rajasthan University's admissions, addressing disparities in educational resources. After winning the Rajasthan university elections, Beniwal launched a movement for this, leading to clashes with police and his arrest during a protest, following the protests, the university implemented the five percent bonus marks policy for rural students.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Rohit |date=29 October 2018 |title=जानिए, कौन है हनुमान बेनीवाल, क्यों करता है युवाओं के दिलों पर राज, पढ़ें खास रिपोर्ट |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-from-university-to-assembly-3641896 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250701091857/https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-from-university-to-assembly-3641896 |archive-date=1 July 2025 |website=Rajasthan Patrika |language=hi |access-date=27 June 2025 |quote=हनुमान बेनीवाल यूनिवर्सिटी चुनाव के दौरान गांव से आने वाले छात्रों के लिए दाखिले के वक़्त 5 फीसदी अतरिक्त अंक की मांग कर रहे थे, चुनाव जीतने के बाद उन्होंने इस मुद्दे पर आंदोलन छेड़ दिया। राजस्थान विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र और प्रशासन एक बार फिर से आमने-सामने थे। 5 फीसदी बोनस अंक मिलने की वजह से अगले सत्र में गांव से आने वाले 8000 छात्रों का एडमिशन संभव हो पाया। |trans-quote=Hanuman Beniwal was demanding 5% extra marks for students coming from villages during the university elections. After winning the elections, he started a movement on this issue. The students and administration of Rajasthan University were once again face to face. Due to the 5% bonus marks, admission of 8000 students coming from villages became possible in the next session.}}</ref><ref name="u892" />
=== Jeevan godara case (2006) === In 2006, Beniwal and Ruparam Dudi led protests demanding justice for Jeevan Ram Godara, a student leader from Rajasthan, who was murdered along with his friend Harphool Jat by the gang of Anandpal Singh.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Rohit |date=29 October 2018 |title=जानिए, कौन है हनुमान बेनीवाल, क्यों करता है युवाओं के दिलों पर राज, पढ़ें खास रिपोर्ट |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/hanuman-beniwal-biography-in-hindi-from-university-to-assembly-3641896 |website=Patrika News |language=hi |access-date=29 September 2025 |quote=इस बीच जिले की डीडवाना तहसील में हुए जीवणराम गोदारा हत्याकांड ने उन्हें जाटों के नेता के रूप में उभरने का मौका दे दिया। हनुमान बेनीवाल पूरे समय इस आंदोलन में सक्रिय रहे। इसने उन्हें जाट युवाओं के बीच काफी लोकप्रियता दी, वो तेजी से युवा जाट नेता के तौर पर उभरने लगे।}}</ref> Their protests sought a fair investigation into the killings. After prolonged legal proceedings, on 12 March 2018, the Didwana ADJ Court sentenced Sanjay Pandey, Datar Singh, and Srivallabh to life imprisonment for their role in the double murder.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Three get life sentence in Godara murder case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/three-get-life-sentence-in-godara-murder-case/articleshow/63192960.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |date=7 March 2018 |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref>
== State politics (2008–present) == In 2003, Beniwal contested his first Rajasthan Assembly election from the Mundwa constituency on an Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=राजस्थान विधानसभा निर्वाचन का सांख्यिकीय डेटा, 2003 |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3403-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE-2003/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529021451/https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3403-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE-2003/ |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=22 June 2025 |website=भारत निर्वाचन आयोग |language=en-IN |url-status=live }}</ref> This constituency held personal significance, as it was previously represented by his father, Ramdev Beniwal, who was elected twice in 1977 and 1985. During the 2003 campaign, INLD leader and the then chief minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala campaigned in Rajasthan to support Beniwal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 2024 |title=20 साल बाद बेनीवाल ने चौटाला से हाथ मिलाया इनेलो से ही की थी अपनी शुरूआत, अब साथ दे रहे - Nagaur News |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/after-20-years-beniwal-joined-hands-with-chautala-he-started-with-inld-and-is-now-supporting-him-133745643.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004074013/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/after-20-years-beniwal-joined-hands-with-chautala-he-started-with-inld-and-is-now-supporting-him-133745643.html |archive-date=4 October 2024 |access-date=22 June 2025 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |quote=दरअसल, बेनीवाल की विधानसभा चुनाव के राजनीतिक कैरियर की शुरूआत 2003 में ओमप्रकाश चौटाला की पार्टी इंडियन नेशनल लोकदल से ही हुई थी। ये चुनाव बेनीवाल ने तत्कालीन मूंडवा सीट से लड़ा था। हरियाणा से ओमप्रकाश चौटाला खुद प्रचार करने आए थे तथा राजस्थान में हरियाली लाने का नारा दिया था। |trans-quote=In fact, Hanuman Beniwal’s political career in the Legislative Assembly elections began in 2003 with Om Prakash Chautala’s Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). He contested this election from the then Mundwa constituency. Om Prakash Chautala himself came from Haryana to campaign and gave the slogan of bringing greenery to Rajasthan. |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite securing 35,724 votes, Beniwal was defeated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. Beniwal was first elected to 2008 Rajasthan Assembly election from Khinwsar constituency as a BJP candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Winners:Rajasthan 2008 Election |url=https://www.myneta.info/rj2008/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131083039/https://www.myneta.info/rj2008/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default |archive-date=31 January 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>
=== Tensions with the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership (2010s) === In the early 2010s, tensions escalated between Beniwal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in Rajasthan. Beniwal accused senior party members, including then-opposition leader Vasundhara Raje and Rajendra Rathore, of corruption, alleging they maintained illicit ties with Congress chief minister Ashok Gehlot.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2012 |title=BJP legislator suspended for abusing minister in Raj Assembly |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/bjp-legislator-suspended-for-abusing-minister-in-raj-assembly/ |access-date=22 June 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> These allegations were made during a period of internal BJP factionalism in Rajasthan ahead of the 2013 state elections. The BJP leadership deemed Beniwals statements as an act of indiscipline, leading to his suspension and eventual expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party. No independent investigation substantiated Beniwals claims, and neither Vasundhara Raje nor Rajendra Rathore faced legal action based on these allegations. The controversy prompted Beniwals to form the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP).<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2011 |title=MLA Beniwal suspended from BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/mla-beniwal-suspended-from-bjp/articleshow/11013998.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307061108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/MLA-Beniwal-suspended-from-BJP/articleshow/11013998.cms |archive-date=7 March 2019 |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |quote=A day earlier, the party issued the first notice to Beniwal for repeatedly calling party colleague, Rajendra Rathore and the leader of opposition, Vasundhara Raje “thoroughly corrupt”. He even criticised senior BJP leader LK Advani and alleged that there existed nexus of corruption between Vasundhara Raje and chief minister Ashok Gehlot}}</ref>
After Beniwal's suspension from the Bharatiya Janata Party, he contested the 2013 assembly elections as an independent candidate and won with a margin of 23,020 votes, securing his seat in assembly for second term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Winners:Rajasthan 2013 Election |url=https://www.myneta.info/rajasthan2013/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410065512/https://www.myneta.info/rajasthan2013/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> During his second term, Beniwal continued to target both BJP and Congress leaders, accusing them of corruption and neglecting farmers' issues. Beniwal also demanded a CBI inquiry against state cabinet minister Yunus Khan, alleging that Khan aided gangster Anandpal Singh in escaping police custody in exchange for electoral support in 2013. However, no evidence was presented to support Beniwal's claims, and the CBI inquiry he demanded did not materialise. Khan denied the allegations, and no legal proceedings were initiated against him in connection with this matter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2015 |title=Rajasthan: MLA accuses minister of helping 'gangster' escape |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jaipur/rajasthan-mla-accuses-minister-of-helping-gangster-escape/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250503130951/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jaipur/rajasthan-mla-accuses-minister-of-helping-gangster-escape/ |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
On 23 September 2015, Beniwal was attacked by unidentified assailants while travelling from Jaipur to Nagaur. In response to the attack, around 500 students organised a “''Kisan Yuva Aakrosh Rally''” at Rajasthan University to protest the attack on Beniwal. The rally turned violent when police intervened, preceding a lathi-charge that injured 30 students and 18 policemen. The National Students Union of India (NSUI) staged a follow-up protest against police brutality.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 October 2015 |title=Caste group denies attacking Rajasthan MLA Hanuman Beniwal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/caste-group-denies-attacking-rajasthan-mla-hanuman-beniwal/articleshow/49181629.cms?from=mdr |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250503131218/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/caste-group-denies-attacking-rajasthan-mla-hanuman-beniwal/articleshow/49181629.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 September 2015 |title=MLA attacked in Jaipur |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mla-attacked-in-jaipur/article7682782.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200331031047/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mla-attacked-in-jaipur/article7682782.ece |archive-date=31 March 2020 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
=== Formation of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (2018) === {{main|Rashtriya Loktantrik Party}}
[[File:Hanuman Beniwal's Kisan Hunkar Rally in 2018 attended by more than half million people.jpg|thumb|200px|upright|Aerial view of ''Kisan Hunkar Maharally'' at Barmer in 2018]]
Beniwal led the ''Kisan Hunkar'' ''Maha rallies'' in Barmer, Nagaur, Bikaner, Sikar, and Jaipur to advocate for farmers’ rights before the 2018 state elections.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Mohammed |date=16 October 2018 |title=Preparations in full swing for 'Kisan Hunkar Rally' in Jaipur |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/preparations-in-full-swing-for-kisan-hunkar-rally-in-jaipur/article25242494.ece |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=11 June 2018 |title='Hunkaar Rally' raises chances of third front in Rajasthan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hunkaar-rally-raises-chances-of-third-front-in-rajasthan/article24139779.ece |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He demanded a complete farmer’s loan waiver, free electricity for irrigation, fair MSP, and better irrigation infrastructure, criticising the Raje government’s policies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2018 |title=Hanuman Beniwal demands complete loan waiver, free electricity for farmers |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/hanuman-beniwal-demands-complete-loan-waiver-free-electricity-for-farmers/story-YGPc5h2101QdB5oXeg4NfN.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222113256/https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/hanuman-beniwal-demands-complete-loan-waiver-free-electricity-for-farmers/story-YGPc5h2101QdB5oXeg4NfN.html |archive-date=22 February 2022 |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref> These rallies pushed the newly elected Gehlot government to announce a partial ₹2 lakh loan waiver, which Beniwal called insufficient.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=19 December 2018 |title=Rajasthan government waives farm loans of up to ₹2 lakh |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/H94Ahm2t2BNUYYZPUOEzAO/Rajasthan-government-waives-farm-loans-of-up-to-Rs-2-lakh.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424165508/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/H94Ahm2t2BNUYYZPUOEzAO/Rajasthan-government-waives-farm-loans-of-up-to-Rs-2-lakh.html |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=mint |language=en}}</ref>
On 29 October 2018, Beniwal founded the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) in Jaipur, and became its president and national convenor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitul |first=Manas |date=29 October 2018 |title=Former BJP Leader Hanuman Beniwal Launches New Party to Take on Raje Govt |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/rajasthan-polls-former-bjp-leader-hanuman-beniwal-launches-new-party-to-take-on-raje-govt-1923627.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712042340/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/rajasthan-polls-former-bjp-leader-hanuman-beniwal-launches-new-party-to-take-on-raje-govt-1923627.html |archive-date=12 July 2024 |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=News18}}</ref> The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party become the third-largest political party in Rajasthan, following the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. Beniwals party gathered support from agrarian groups, with support from leaders like Kirodi Lal Meena, Ghanshyam Tiwari and Jayant Chaudhary during its formative rallies. Beniwal contested the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections as a member of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, and won the Khinwsar seat for the third term with a margin of 16,948 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Winners:Rajasthan 2018 Election |url=https://www.myneta.info/rajasthan2018/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130163314/https://myneta.info/rajasthan2018/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=edu |archive-date=30 November 2021 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>
Beniwal then won the 2023 assembly elections by defeating BJP’s Rewant Ram Danga, who left his own Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and secured his seat in assembly for consecutive fourth term with a margin of 2059 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2023 |title=Khinwsar assembly constituency election result 2023: Hanuman Beniwal wins, defeats BJP's Rewantram Danga by 2059 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/khinwsar-assembly-constituency-election-result-2023-hanuman-beniwal-is-leading/articleshow/105700086.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217124029/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/khinwsar-assembly-constituency-election-result-2023-hanuman-beniwal-is-leading/articleshow/105700086.cms |archive-date=17 December 2023 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> As a member of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Beniwal won four elections, out of which two were assembly elections (2018 and 2023) while two were Indian general elections (2019 and 2024). RLP fielded their candidates in two assembly elections (2018 and 2023). In 2018 state elections, three members of RLP won while in 2023 state elections, seats reduced to one.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joseph |first=Joychen |date=6 April 2019 |title='Very temperamental, never hesitates to take on the mighty' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/rajasthan/news/very-temperamental-never-hesitates-to-take-on-the-mighty/articleshow/68747030.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113024811/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/rajasthan/news/very-temperamental-never-hesitates-to-take-on-the-mighty/articleshow/68747030.cms |archive-date=13 November 2023 |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
RLP also contested two bye-elections on Khinwsar constituency of Nagaur in 2019 and 2024. Beniwal fielded his brother Narayan and wife Kanika, respectively, after he vacated the seat for Lok Sabha. In the 2019 by-election, Narayan Beniwal (RLP) defeated Congress Harendra Mirdha by a margin of 4,630 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2019 |title=Rajasthan by-polls: NDA's Narayan Beniwal takes lead in Khinvsar, Congress candidate Rita Chaudhary ahead in Mandawa |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/rajasthan-by-polls-congress-candidates-harendra-mirdha-rita-chaudhary-leading-in-both-seats/story-9K1h3LYSd4JF9xXCmYEHNP.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108171713/https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/rajasthan-by-polls-congress-candidates-harendra-mirdha-rita-chaudhary-leading-in-both-seats/story-9K1h3LYSd4JF9xXCmYEHNP.html |archive-date=8 January 2020 |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> However, in the 2024 by-election, Kanika Beniwal (RLP) lost to BJP’s Rewant Ram, a former RLP defector, by 13,901 votes, marking the first time since 2008 that a non-Beniwal won the Khinwsar seat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2024 |title=In Rajasthan bypoll fray, meet kin of key leaders, across party lines |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajasthan-bypolls-key-leaders-families-bjp-congress-9640058/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115083355/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajasthan-bypolls-key-leaders-families-bjp-congress-9640058/ |archive-date=15 November 2024 |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} “ ''The wife of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal, Kanika Beniwal, 37, is contesting in the bypoll as a party candidate from Khinvsar, the seat held by the Beniwal family since its creation. Hanuman was elected first from the seat in 2008 on the BJP ticket, in 2013 as an Independent, and then in 2018 as a candidate of his own party RLP.''”</ref> The defeat, exacerbated by opposition from Jat families like the Midas and Madernas and RLP defections.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kulshrestha |first=Parul |date=24 November 2024 |title='People wanted change': RLP loses only assembly seat it had stranglehold over in Rajasthan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/people-wanted-change-rlp-loses-only-assembly-seat-it-had-stranglehold-over-in-rajasthan-9686867/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410070255/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/people-wanted-change-rlp-loses-only-assembly-seat-it-had-stranglehold-over-in-rajasthan-9686867/ |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Shoeb |date=24 November 2024 |title=RLP bastion caves in as Beniwal's wife loses in home turf |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/big-defeat-for-rlp-beniwals-wife-loses-in-khinvsar/articleshow/115614737.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410070631/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/big-defeat-for-rlp-beniwals-wife-loses-in-khinvsar/articleshow/115614737.cms |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |quote=Adding to Beniwal's troubles was his campaign rhetoric, which alienated key sections of the Jat community. His criticism of two influential Jat families, the Mirdhas and Madernas, sparked backlash from within the community.}}</ref>
== National politics (2019–present) == Beniwal's entry into national politics began after the 2019 general election, when he won from Nagaur constituency, as an RLP candidate in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. He defeated Congress candidate Jyoti Mirdha by a margin of 181,260 votes, securing his first term in Lok Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Nagaur Lok sabha Election 2019 Result : बेनीवाल की शानदार जीत, जानिए नागौर में किसको मिले कितने वोट |trans-title=Nagaur Lok Sabha Election 2019 Result: Beniwal's spectacular victory, know who got how many votes in Nagaur |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/nagaur-lok-sabha-election-2019-result-hanuman-beniwal-won-election-4611776 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610115504/https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/nagaur-lok-sabha-election-2019-result-hanuman-beniwal-won-election-4611776 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref> Previously he unsuccessfully contested the 2014 general election and came to third position with 159,980 votes as an Independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Nagaur 2014 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2014/rajasthan/nagaur/8087/14/16 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> Beniwal focused on farmers’ issues and brought them in the Parliament, advocating for policies to address agricultural distress, such as loan waivers and better minimum support prices (MSP).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Sandeep |date=16 December 2024 |title=संसद में उठी राजस्थान को विशेष राज्य का दर्जा देने की मांग, बेनीवाल ने कहा- MSP पर लगा राइडर भी हटाएं |trans-title=Demand for giving special state status to Rajasthan raised in Parliament, Beniwal said- remove the rider on MSP too |url=https://rajasthan.ndtv.in/rajasthan-news/special-state-status-to-rajasthan-demand-raised-in-parliament-hanuman-beniwal-said-remove-the-rider-on-msp-too-7263739 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218060732/https://rajasthan.ndtv.in/rajasthan-news/special-state-status-to-rajasthan-demand-raised-in-parliament-hanuman-beniwal-said-remove-the-rider-on-msp-too-7263739 |archive-date=18 December 2024 |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=rajasthan.ndtv.in |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tiwari |first=Khushendra |date=3 February 2025 |title=क्या केंद्र सरकार किसानों का संपूर्ण कर्ज माफ करेगी? RLP सांसद हनुमान बेनीवाल के सवाल का मिला जवाब |trans-title=Will the central government waive off the entire debt of farmers? Answer received to the question of RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/jaipur/rlp-mp-hanuman-beniwal-asked-modi-government-a-question-in-loksabha-on-farmer-loan-waiver/articleshow/117884829.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523132359/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/jaipur/rlp-mp-hanuman-beniwal-asked-modi-government-a-question-in-loksabha-on-farmer-loan-waiver/articleshow/117884829.cms |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>
thumb|200px|upright|Beniwal addressing public in 2021
In 2020, Beniwal opposed to the three farm laws introduced by the modi government. At the time, Beniwal was a Member of Parliament in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Despite his alignment with the BJP, Beniwals deep ties to the agricultural community and his history of advocating for farmers’ rights positioned him as a natural ally for the nationwide farmer protests.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=13 December 2020 |title=Fulfil farmers' demands in 7 days: Hanuman Beniwal to Centre |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/fulfil-farmers-demands-in-7-days-beniwal-to-centre/articleshow/79700148.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217055800/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/fulfil-farmers-demands-in-7-days-beniwal-to-centre/articleshow/79700148.cms |archive-date=17 December 2020 |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
Beniwal mobilised farmer communities in the Shekhawati and Nagaur regions, to join the protests against the farm laws. He organised rallies, including a march from Rajasthan to Delhi. On 8 December 2020, Beniwal supported the Bharat Bandh, a nationwide strike called by farmer unions. He subsequently resigned from three parliamentary committees—on agriculture, food processing, and the public accounts committee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2020 |title=NDA ally Hanuman Beniwal quits Lok Sabha panels: 'Will march to Delhi' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nda-ally-hanuman-beniwal-quits-lok-sabha-panels-will-march-to-delhi-7111886/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119040324/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nda-ally-hanuman-beniwal-quits-lok-sabha-panels-will-march-to-delhi-7111886/ |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> On 26 December 2020, Beniwal announced the RLP’s withdrawal from the NDA, accusing the central government of betraying farmers and ignoring their trouble. He stated:<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 December 2020 |title=BJP ally RLP quits NDA over farm laws, Hanuman Beniwal claims Covid report fudged to keep him out of LS |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-ally-rashtriya-loktantrik-party-quits-nda-over-farm-laws-1753362-2020-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325102226/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-ally-rashtriya-loktantrik-party-quits-nda-over-farm-laws-1753362-2020-12-26 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=Despite the farmers' protests, the Narendra Modi government is not withdrawing farm laws because it has 303 MPs. Farmers from 1,200 kilometres away in Rajasthan are moving towards Delhi to be a part of the agitation. As the issues remained unheard and due to the farmers' agitation, I am tendering my resignation from the committees.|author=Hanuman Beniwal|source=India Today}}
On 13 December 2023, an attack occurred in chamber of the Indian Parliament, coinciding with the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 December 2023 |title=India parliament: Security scare for MPs on attack anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67700659 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250304021929/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67700659 |archive-date=4 March 2025 |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Two intruders, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, jumped from the public gallery into the chamber, releasing yellow smoke canisters and shouting slogans, while two others sprayed coloured gas outside the Parliament premises. 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. Alongside other MPs, including Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Malook Nagar, Beniwal intercepted and detained one of the intruders.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Hanuman Beniwal thrashes Lok Sabha intruder: 5 things you need to know about the Nagaur MP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/hanuman-beniwal-lok-sabha-intruder-thrashed-mp-9067247/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523131806/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/hanuman-beniwal-lok-sabha-intruder-thrashed-mp-9067247/ |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quint |first=The |date=14 December 2023 |title=Parliament Breach: How Heroic MPs Beniwal, Aujla & Nagar Took On Intruders |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/parliament-security-breach-lok-sabha-mps-hanuman-beniwal-gurjeet-aujla-malook-nagar-heroism |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref> During this incident around 150 MPs, including prominent leaders like Rahul Gandhi and defence minister Rajnath Singh, were present in the house at the time. In a statement to the media, Beniwal, describing the events of the attack, stated “''Herogiri unki utar di''” (which roughly translates to “taught them a lesson”).<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Parliament security breach: Meet the 'saviour' MPs who fought intruders |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/parliament-security-breach-meet-the-saviour-mps-who-fought-intruders-13501762.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523131358/https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/parliament-security-breach-meet-the-saviour-mps-who-fought-intruders-13501762.html |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}} “''Herogiri unki utar di,'' which means “taught them a lesson,” Lok Sabha MP Hanuman Beniwal told reporters outside the Parliament soon after he pinned down one of the two intruders.”</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=बेनीवाल बोले-ज्योति ने हरियाणा जाकर कांग्रेस के लिए वोट मांगे:वोटों से हमनें मायरा भर दिया; 42 हजार 225 वोटों से मिर्धा को हराया |trans-title=Beniwal said- Jyoti went to Haryana and asked for votes for Congress: We filled the Mayra with votes; defeated Mirdha by 42 thousand 225 votes |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/nagaur-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-live-update-bjp-rlp-jyoti-mirdha-hanuman-beniwal-133120635.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823152650/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/nagaur-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-live-update-bjp-rlp-jyoti-mirdha-hanuman-beniwal-133120635.html |archive-date=23 August 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref>
After the results of general elections, Beniwal expressed disappointment over being sidelined by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc. Beniwal criticised his exclusion from INDIA bloc meetings in Delhi on 1 and 5 June 2024, attributing it to the RLP’s smaller size. While reaffirming his alliance commitment, Beniwal hinted at future uncertainty, stating, "Today I am with the INDIA bloc, but no one can be certain about tomorrow." He also denied immediate plans to join the NDA.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 June 2024 |title=Beniwal disappointed over not being invited to INDIA bloc meetings, to stick with them |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/beniwal-disappointed-over-not-being-invited-to-india-bloc-meetings-to-stick-with-them/articleshow/110808129.cms |access-date=22 June 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=7 June 2024 |title=RLP chief Hanuman Beniwal expresses displeasure at being "ignored" by INDIA bloc |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/rlp-chief-hanuman-beniwal-expresses-displeasure-at-being-ignored-by-india-bloc/article68264211.ece |access-date=22 June 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later, the Congress president, Mallikarjun Kharge, apologised to Beniwal for not inviting him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2024 |title=RLP chief expresses disappointment over not being invited to INDIA bloc meeting |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jaipur-news/rlp-chief-expresses-disappointment-over-not-being-invited-to-india-bloc-meet-101717762876917.html |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=Hindustan Times |quote=Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge talked to him over the phone on Thursday and apologised for not inviting him to the meeting.}}</ref> Congress general secretary K. C. Venugopal also spoke to Beniwal regarding his disappointment.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 2024 |title=Beniwal is happy, spoke to him: Venugopal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/beniwal-is-happy-spoke-to-him-venugopal/articleshow/110828734.cms |access-date=22 June 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
Beniwal served as member of institute body at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur.<ref name=":5" />
Beniwal addressed a Jat community maha-panchayat on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Bharatpur, Rajasthan on 29 June 2025. He demanded OBC reservation for the Jat community of Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Deeg districts in central government services. Bharatpur MP Sanjna Jatav, also participated in the maha-panchayat, and a memorandum was submitted to the district collector, addressed to prime minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the exclusion of these districts’ Jats from the 1998 central OBC reservation granted to Jats of Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2025 |title=राजस्थान से दिल्ली कूच करेगा जाट समाज, केंद्र में आरक्षण पर बेनीवाल बोले- अब आर पार की लड़ाई होगी |url=https://rajasthan.ndtv.in/rajasthan-news/rajasthan-jat-samaj-pahanchayat-hanuman-beniwal-said-jat-community-march-to-delhi-over-reservation-for-bharatpur-deeg-and-dholpur-8793780 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629192742/https://rajasthan.ndtv.in/rajasthan-news/rajasthan-jat-samaj-pahanchayat-hanuman-beniwal-said-jat-community-march-to-delhi-over-reservation-for-bharatpur-deeg-and-dholpur-8793780 |archive-date=29 June 2025 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=rajasthan.ndtv.in |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2025 |title='Vasundhara ji gave 8 MLAs to Gehlot', says Hanuman Beniwal: Warns of protest at PM's residence, accuses BJP of forgetting its promises after coming to power - Rajasthan News |url=https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/vasundhara-ji-had-8-mlas-to-gehlot-says-hanuman-beniwal-warns-of-protest-at-pm-residence-accuses-bjp-betrayal-135338170.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629192701/https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/vasundhara-ji-had-8-mlas-to-gehlot-says-hanuman-beniwal-warns-of-protest-at-pm-residence-accuses-bjp-betrayal-135338170.html |archive-date=29 June 2025 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Bhaskar English |language=en}}</ref>
== Electoral performance == Beniwal in his career contested eight elections, out of which five of them were assembly elections (2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023), while three were general parliamentary elections (2014, 2019 and 2024), and he won six elections out of these eight elections, had lost one assembly election in 2003 and then a general election in 2014.
thumb|200px|Beniwal in a rally on the eve of 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections
Beniwal first contested an assembly election in 2003 on ticket of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), later contesting the 2008 assembly election as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. After being suspended from the BJP, Beniwal contested the 2013 assembly election and 2014 general elections as an Independent candidate. Later he founded his own party on the eve of 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections and since then he contested all elections under RLP banner.
=== Summary === {| class="wikitable" |+ ! Year !! House!! Constituency !! colspan="2" |Party !! Votes !! Result !Source |- |2003 | rowspan="5" | Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | Mundwa | {{party name with colour| Indian National Lok Dal}} |35,724 |{{Lost}} |<ref name="d150">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha / 2003 / Rajasthan / Mundwa |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2003/rajasthan/mundwa/14/25392/165 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- |2008 | rowspan="4" |Khinwsar | {{party name with colour| Bharatiya Janata Party}} |58,760 |{{Won}} |<ref name="i001">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha / 2008 / Rajasthan / Khinwsar |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2008/rajasthan/khinwsar/14/30032/202 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- |2013 | {{party name with colour| Independent}} |65,399 |{{Won}} |<ref name="g7802">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha / 2013 / Rajasthan / Khinwsar |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2013/rajasthan/khinwsar/14/34348/231 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- |2018 | {{party name with colour| Rashtriya Loktantrik Party|rowspan=2}} |83,096 |{{Won}} |<ref name="b522">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha / 2018 / Rajasthan / Khinvsar |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2018/rajasthan/khinvsar/14/43180/268 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- |2023 |79,492 |{{Won}} |<ref name="k821">{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha / 2023 / Rajasthan / Khinwsar |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2023/rajasthan/khinwsar/14/47157/297 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- | 2014 | rowspan="3" | Lok Sabha | rowspan="3" | Nagaur | {{party name with colour| Independent}} | 159,980 | {{Lost}} |<ref name="i233">{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha / 2014 / Rajasthan / Nagaur |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2014/rajasthan/nagaur/8087/14/16 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- | 2019 | {{party name with colour| Rashtriya Loktantrik Party|rowspan=2}} | 660,051 | {{Won}} |<ref name="x668">{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha / 2019 / Rajasthan / Nagaur |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2019/rajasthan/nagaur/9918/14/17 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |- | 2024 | 596,955 | {{Won}} |<ref name="v855">{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha / 2024 / Rajasthan / Nagaur |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2024/rajasthan/nagaur/10613/14/18 |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> |}
== Positions held == '''Key'''
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Position |- |2008–2013 |Member, 13th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly * Member, Home Committee * Member, Public Accounts Committee |- |2013–2018 |Member, 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly * Member, Question and Reference Committee * Member, Committee on Welfare of Backward Classes |- |2018–2019 |Member, 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly * Member, Business Advisory Committee * Member, Committee on Welfare of Backward Classes * Member, Home Committee |- |2019–2023 |Elected to the 17th Lok Sabha * Member, Consultative Committee, Petroleum and Natural Gas <sup>[RES]</sup> * Member, Standing Committee on Industry <sup>[RES]</sup> * Member, Standing Committee on Defence * Member, Committee on Petitions <sup>[RES]</sup> |- |2023–2024 |Member, 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |- |2024–present |Elected to the 18th Lok Sabha * Member, Committee on Industry |- | |'''Source''':<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> |}
=== Other positions held === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Position |- |1994–1995 | rowspan="2" | President of student union Rajasthan College, Jaipur |- |1995–1996 |- |1996–1997 |President of student union Law College, Jaipur |- |1997–1998 |President of student union Rajasthan University |- |1998–2009 |Member, State Executive Committee, BJP, Rajasthan |- |2005–2008 |Member, Zila Parishad, Nagaur (Rajasthan) |- |2018–present |President of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party |- |2024–present |Member, Institute Body, AIIMS Jodhpur |- | |'''Source''':<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Institute Body, AIIMS Jodhpur |url=https://www.aiimsjodhpur.edu.in/index.php?vr=institute_body |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250701095948/https://www.aiimsjodhpur.edu.in/index.php?vr=institute_body |archive-date=1 July 2025 |website=aiimsjodhpur.edu.in}}</ref> |}
== Personal life == He married Kanika Beniwal on 9 December 2009. The couple has two children; a son Ashutosh and a daughter Diya.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beniwal |first=Hanuman |date=4 April 2025 |title=Tweet on X "लाडली बेटी दिया को उसके जन्म दिवस पर ढेर सारा प्यार,बधाई व आशीर्वाद {{!}} Happy Birthday Diya" |url=https://x.com/hanumanbeniwal/status/1907864020536938872?s=61 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410075712/https://x.com/hanumanbeniwal/status/1907864020536938872?s=61 |archive-date=10 April 2025 |website=X.com}}</ref> Kanika hails from Sri Ganganagar and did Bachelor of Science from Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=चतुर्वेदी |first1=सम्ब्रत |last2=लामरोड़ |first2=रामस्वरूप |date=25 October 2024 |title=कौन हैं कनिका? राजस्थान की राजनीति में कौन करवा रहा है एंट्री? |trans-title=Who is Kanika? Who is getting her entry in Rajasthan politics? |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/nagaur/hanuman-beniwals-masterstroke-wife-kanika-beniwal-to-contest-khinvsar-by-election/articleshow/114558720.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112233743/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/nagaur/hanuman-beniwals-masterstroke-wife-kanika-beniwal-to-contest-khinvsar-by-election/articleshow/114558720.cms |archive-date=12 November 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=Navbharat Times |language=hi |quote=9 दिसंबर 2009 को हनुमान बेनीवाल और कनिका शादी के बंधन में बंधे थे। कनिका मूलरूप से राजस्थान के गंगानगर जिले के सरदारपुरा की रहने वाली है। उनकी गोत्र गोदारा है जिसे शादी के बाद उन्होंने बेनीवाल सरनेम लगाना शुरू किया। उनके पिता का नाम कृष्ण गोदारा है। कनिका की प्रारम्भिक शिक्षा गंगानगर जिले में ही हुई। बाद में उन्होंने उदयपुर के मोहनलाल सुखाड़िया विश्वविद्यालय से बीएससी की डिग्री प्राप्त की। हनुमान बेनीवाल और कनिका के एक बेटी और एक बेटा है। बेटी का नाम दिया है और बेटे का नाम आशुतोष है।}}</ref>
On the eve of 2024 Rajasthan Assembly By-elections, Kanika contested from Khinwsar on Rashtriya Loktantrik Party ticket, but lost to BJP Rewant Ram Danga by 13,901 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2024 |title=खींवसर से हनुमान बेनीवाल की पत्नी चुनावी मैदान में:RLP प्रत्याशी कनिका बेनीवाल के नाम की घोषणा से त्रिकोणीय हुआ मुकाबला; आज भरेंगी पर्चा |trans-title=Hanuman Beniwal's wife in the electoral fray from Khinvsar: The announcement of RLP candidate Kanika Beniwal's name made the contest triangular; will file nomination today |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/kanika-beniwal-declared-rlp-candidate-133856314.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410080009/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/nagaur/news/kanika-beniwal-declared-rlp-candidate-133856314.html |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=पांडेय |first=संतोष कुमार |date=24 November 2024 |title=खींवसर सीट पर 20 साल बाद BJP का कब्जा, क्या है जीत के पीछे की पूरी कहानी? |trans-title=BJP captured the Kheenvsar seat after 20 years, what is the whole story behind the victory? |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/rajasthan/khinwsar-by-election-result-bjp-candidate-rewant-ram-danga-won-rlp-kanika-defeat-ann-2829448 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410080301/https://www.abplive.com/states/rajasthan/khinwsar-by-election-result-bjp-candidate-rewant-ram-danga-won-rlp-kanika-defeat-ann-2829448 |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=ABP Live |language=hi}}</ref>
Beniwal is a follower of folk deity Veer Teja,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Puri |first=Karan |date=23 April 2023 |title=वीर तेजाजी की प्रतिमा हटाए जाने पर भड़के सांसद हनुमान बेनीवाल, बोले- 'आस्था के साथ खिलवाड़...' |trans-title=MP Hanuman Beniwal got angry on the removal of Veer Tejaji's statue, said- 'Tampering with faith...' |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/rajasthan/hanuman-beniwal-angry-on-veer-tejaji-statue-being-removed-protest-against-it-ahead-of-rajasthan-elections-ann-2390829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011120212/https://www.abplive.com/states/rajasthan/hanuman-beniwal-angry-on-veer-tejaji-statue-being-removed-protest-against-it-ahead-of-rajasthan-elections-ann-2390829 |archive-date=11 October 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |work=ABP Live |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bishnoi |first=Mahendra |date=5 September 2022 |title=तेजा दशमी पर सांसद बेनीवाल ने हेलीकॉप्टर से भरी सियासी उड़ान, जाट वोट बैंक साधने को एक दिन में 5 जिलों में की सभाएं |trans-title=On Teja Dashami, MP Beniwal took a political flight in a helicopter, held meetings in 5 districts in a day to woo the Jat vote bank |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/nagaur/hanuman-beniwal-visit-sikar-bikaner-nagaur-ajmer-and-jodhpur-on-teja-dashmi-and-ramdev-mela/articleshow/94010478.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011120213/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/nagaur/hanuman-beniwal-visit-sikar-bikaner-nagaur-ajmer-and-jodhpur-on-teja-dashmi-and-ramdev-mela/articleshow/94010478.cms |archive-date=11 October 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> and Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hanuman Beniwal floats new party, calls for third front govt in Rajasthan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hanuman-beniwal-floats-new-party-calls-for-third-front-government/story-AO9NtY7uznO6jPbuorg2aI.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=13 August 2025 |quote=I am playing the role of Bhagat Singh for attaining freedom and everybody has to fight to make Rajasthan free from Congress and BJP}}</ref>
His younger brother, Narayan Beniwal, is a former member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Khinwsar constituency in Nagaur.<ref>{{cite news |last=Devarshi |first=Nakul |date=23 September 2019 |title=... तो हनुमान बेनीवाल छोटे भाई नारायण बेनीवाल को बनाएंगे उम्मीदवार! ये माना जा रहा कारण |trans-title=Narayan Beniwal Brother of Hanuman Beniwal contest khinvsar seat |url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/narayan-beniwal-brother-of-hanuman-beniwal-contest-khinvsar-seat-5128574/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011120211/https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/narayan-beniwal-brother-of-hanuman-beniwal-contest-khinvsar-seat-5128574/ |archive-date=11 October 2023 |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5205?from=members Profile on Lok Sabha website] *{{commons category-inline}} {{Authority control}} {{17th LS members from Rajasthan}}
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