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However, during her campaign in Jheel Ka Pura village, her supporters were attacked by locals, who pelted stones at them. It was reported that the village itself was against her husband, B.L Kushwaha, as he was convicted in the murder of a youth from the village. But
Kushwaha retained her seat from
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Shobharani said that me and my
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Later, she won the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election as a
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