The BJP has fielded Radha Mohan Agarwal who had given up his assembly seat in favor of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The BJP has fielded Radha Mohan Agarwal who had given up his assembly seat in favor of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
BJP announced two lists of 18 candidates on Sunday The biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha require the retirement of 57 members from different states. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been reiterated as a candidate from Karnataka, as has Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra. Although Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s name was not included in this list, but the names of one more candidate from Uttar Pradesh (from where BJP is to get eight out of 11 seats) and Madhya Pradesh are still pending, the jury is still out. out.
Interestingly, the party has announced the name of Dhananjay Mahadik as the third candidate from Maharashtra, where the party has the numbers to win two of the six seats unopposed, and has decided to contest the third seat. . BJP state general secretary Aditya Sahu has been fielded from Jharkhand.
From Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded its former state unit chief Laxmikant Bajpai, as well as Radha Mohan Agarwal, who gave up his assembly seat of Gorakhpur (Urban) in favor of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the recently held assembly elections. . Other candidates include Surendra Singh Nagar (who has been repeated), Baburam Nishad, Darshan Singh and Sangeeta Yadav. BJP has nominated Dr. Kalpana Saini, chief of the Uttarakhand BJP Backward Class Morcha, as its candidate from a seat in Uttarakhand.
A surprising pre-poll state unit chief and party stalwart from Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari, had joined the Congress and was known to be hostile to former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. Krishan Lal Panwar has been fielded from Haryana.
Singh’s name missing
The BJP announced the names of Satish Chandra Dubey and Shambhu Sharan Patel from the two seats that are likely to win from Bihar, but its ally Janata Dal (United) announced Anil Hegde and Kheru Mahto (JD-U’s Jharkhand). unit) decided to take it into the field. Chief) instead of the current Union Minister RCP Singh, whose term has also ended, has created a dire situation. Mr Singh will have to give up his ministerial post if he is not a member of either house, and has been given a strong indication of being out of favor by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
BJP sources said the second list of candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand is likely to be released soon. A source said, “It is quite possible that the party may announce a candidate for the second seat in Haryana.
A contest for seats is to be held on 10 June, otherwise, without any contest, the candidates will be declared elected unopposed after the last date for withdrawal of candidates, which is 3 June.