India, May 4 -- The Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha seat is all set to witness a very interesting contest between two Olympians - sitting BJP MP Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Congress' Krishna Poonia. An equally keen contest is on the cards in the neighbouring Bharatpur, a stronghold of Jats, between two Dalits - a retired bureaucrat and a daughter-in-law of three times BJP MP Gangaram Koli. Both the seats will go to polls on Monday.

While Rathore is a Rajput and an Olympic gold medalist, Poonia is a Jat from Haryana and married in Rajasthan. She is also a sitting MLA and international gold medal-winner in discus throw and three times Olympic participant.

In 2014 Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha polls, Rathore defeated Congress veteran CP ...