Rajendra Singh Rathore

Rajendra Rathore (born 21 April 1955) is an Indian politician who served as leader of opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He is a former Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Churu. He lost 2023 Rajasthan Assembly Elections to senior Jat leader Narendra Budhania of Congress party from Taranagar constituency.

Early life and education
Rathore was born on 21 April 1955 in Harpalsar village, Sardarshahar, District Churu, Rajasthan. He was born to Uttam Singh Rathore, an RAS officer. He was schooled in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, and then obtained his M.A. in 1980, D.L.L. in 1978, L.L.B. in 1977 at Rajasthan University, Jaipur. He was elected as the president of the Student Union at Rajasthan University in 1979.

He married Chand Kanwar, on 23 February 1978. The couple has a son, Parakram Singh Rathore.

Political career
Rajendra Rathore has been a prominent face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan, for past 3 decades. He has emerged from numerous crises and has a strong grip on Rajput voters in the state; he enjoys huge popularity in Churu, Rajasthan. For over a decade and a half, Rathore along with the late Dr. Digamber Singh dominated the party in the state, while batting for Vasundhara Raje’s leadership in the state. After, Digamber Singh’s death in 2017, Rathore distanced himself from Raje. And post the 2018 Rajasthan election has appeared as a viable party leader for the state - heading into the 2023 assembly elections.

Social works

 * Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Medical College - In October 2018, Rathore took the unprecedented step of opening of Medical College in Churu which is now serving the medical study requirement of many students.
 * Lohia Law College - Lohia College has started post graduate courses and graduate level courses.
 * Churu Nature Park - In September 2018, he inaugurated the grand nature park in Churu. After Jaipur's Central Park in Rajasthan, the second largest nature park is located in Churu. It is built on 90 bighas of land and more than 10 thousand saplings of about 20 species have been planted under the Naturopathy system. It is equipped with facilities like yoga center, two acupressure tracks, sand path, open gym, watch tower, knowledge park, women park, children park and Swami Gopaldas open air theatre.
 * Medical Relief Society - In 1993-98, Rathore was a pioneer in starting the Medical Relief Society while being the Minister of Medical and Health Department. This has been adopted by many Indian state governments since then.