35 The year-old, who is a post-graduate in political science and also holds a law and MBA degree, was a Rajasthan Administrative Service officer before being promoted to the IAS. 2009 Before the Lok Sabha elections, Meghwal took voluntary retirement to contest from the Bikaner parliamentary constituency on a BJP ticket. Before the elections, the Bikaner seat was occupied by actor Dharmendra. But after delimitation in 2009 it was declared a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes and BJP selected Meghwal for it. While Revat Ram Panwar of INC was leading as former MLA, Meghwal won by approximately 000, votes