BJP chief J P Nadda is RS poll candidate from Gujarat, ex-CM Chavan from Maharashtra

The BJP has released a fresh list of additional candidates for the Rajya Sabha poll, four from Gujarat and and three from Maharashtra. The list includes BJP party president J P Nadda from Gujarat and Ashok Chavan, Medha Kulkarni from Maharashtra.

Former Maharashtra CM and Congress leader Ashok Chavan joins BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekar Bawankule, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

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New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday fielded its President J P Nadda for Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan from his home state.

Chavan joined the BJP on Tuesday, a day after quitting the Congress.

The BJP's latest list of candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls has seven nominees - four for Gujarat and three for Maharashtra.

Nadda is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh, but the BJP does not have the numbers to win the lone seat from the Congress-ruled state.

Union ministers and outgoing Rajya Sabha members Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala, both from Gujarat, and Narayan Rane from Maharashtra have not been renominated amid a possibility that they may contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.