BJP fields Radha Mohan Agarwal who had given up his Assembly seat in favour of U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
BJP fields Radha Mohan Agarwal who had given up his Assembly seat in favour of U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The BJP on Sunday introduced two lists of 18 candidates from varied States for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha necessitated by the retirement of 57 members. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been repeated as a nominee from Karnataka, as has Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s title was, nonetheless, not included on this record however with two extra nominees but to be named from Uttar Pradesh (from the place the BJP is to get eight out of 11 seats) and yet another from Madhya Pradesh, the jury continues to be out.
Interestingly, the get together has introduced the title of Dhananjay Mahadik as a 3rd candidate from Maharashtra, the place the get together has numbers for 2 unopposed wins out of the six seats, and has determined to contest a 3rd seat. State BJP common secretary Aditya Sahu has been fielded from Jharkhand.
From Uttar Pradesh, the BJP fielded its former State unit chief Laxmikant Bajpai, in addition to Radha Mohan Agarwal who had given up his Assembly seat of Gorakhpur (city) in favour of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath within the lately held Assembly polls. Other nominees embody Surendra Singh Nagar (who has been repeated), Baburam Nishad, Darshana Singh and Sangeeta Yadav. The BJP fielded Dr. Kalpana Saini, chief of the Uttarakhand BJP backward class morcha, as its nominee from the one seat from Uttarakhand within the fray.
A shock choose from Rajasthan was former State unit chief and get together veteran Ghanshyam Tiwari, who had even hopped over to the Congress and is understood to be inimical with regard to former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Krishan Lal Panwar has been fielded from Haryana.
Singh’s title lacking
The BJP introduced the names of Satish Chandra Dubey and Shambhu Sharan Patel from the 2 seats it more likely to win for positive from Bihar, however the determination of its ally Janata Dal (United) to area Aneel Hegde and Kheru Mahto (JD-U’s Jharkhand unit chief) reasonably than present Union Minister R.C.P. Singh whose time period is over as properly, has created a piquant state of affairs. Mr. Singh must give up his ministership failing to be a member of both House, and the robust sign of being out of favour despatched to him by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Sources within the BJP stated a second record for nominees in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand was more likely to be out quickly. “It is very much possible that the party may announce a candidate for the second seat in Haryana,” stated a supply.
Polls are to be held on June 10 if there’s a contest for the seats, in any other case, with no contest, candidates will probably be declared elected unopposed after the final date of withdrawal of candidates, which is June 3.
Source: www.thehindu.com
