A day after it nominated 14 names for Rajya Sabha seats, the BJP announced two more names from Rajasthan – Chunnilal Garasiya and Madan Rathore – skipping sitting Rajya Sabha MP and union minister Bhupender Yadav. In all, there are three seats in the state, and BJP leader Kirori Lal Meena had resigned after he fought the state assembly elections.
The third seat in the state was held by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who will retire from public life. The announcement comes even as speculations mount within the Congress that CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi could be the party’s nominee from Rajasthan.
Elections to the seats are scheduled for February 27, with the terms ending on April 3.
On Sunday, the BJP announced candidates from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. Some of the prominent names who were nominated include Sudhanshu Trivedi and RPN Singh from Uttar Pradesh and former state BJP chief Subhash Barala from Haryana.
The party also fielded Narayansa K Bhandage from Karnataka, Devendra Pratap Singh from Chhattisgarh, Dharmsheela Gupta and Bhim Singh in Bihar, Raja Devendra Pratap Singh in Chhattisgarh, Mahendra Bhatt in Uttarakhand, and Samik Bhattacharya in West Bengal.
In Uttar Pradesh, the candidates include Sadhna Singh, Amarpal Maurya, Sangita Balwant, and Navin Jain.
Published 12 February 2024, 16:16 IST