New Delhi: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and MP Neeraj Shekhar are amongst eight candidates chosen by the BJP for the November 9 Rajya Sabha surveys from Uttar Pradesh. The party also announced Naresh Bansal as its Rajya Sabha nominee from Uttarakhand.
Puri, Shekhar, and celebration general secretary Arun Singh are all sitting MPs who have been renominated. Geeta Shakya, Haridwar Dubey, Brijlal, BL Varma, and Seema Dwivedi have been nominated.
This month, the Election Commission had revealed elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and one in Uttarakhand, falling vacant on November 25.
With the BJP having 304 members in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the election for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from the state might end up being an almost one-sided affair for the party, feel poll analysts.
The BJP’s all 8 candidates for Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh are likely to win as the celebration has the three-fourth bulk in the state assembly.
Likewise, the party’s nominee for Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand is anticipated to win. With these 9 brand-new possible members, the BJP’s own tally in Rajya Sabha will cross 90 in the 245-member home.
The 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh that are falling uninhabited are 3 of the BJP, 4 of the Samajwadi celebration, two of the Bahujan Samaj Celebration, and one of the Congress.
Rajya Sabha surveys: BJP reveals 8 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, one from Uttarakhand.
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