Shri Parasram Maderna, who is known as the farmer messiah and the iron man of Rajasthan politics, was born on 23 July 1926 in Shri Laxmannagar in Phalodi of Jodhpur district. He received his primary education in his village and later completed his post graduation and LLB from Lucknow University. It is said that in the 70s and 80s, the Maderna family dominated Rajasthan politics. Despite this, Parasram Maderna lost the election for the first time in 1985, but four years later in 1989 he again won from Bhopalgarh and became the President of the State Congress Committee. In 1993, when Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's government was formed in the state, Parasram Maderna was made the Leader of the Opposition.