The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of candidates it nominated for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled to be held on February 27. The list of nominations included Congress defector Ashok Chavan, Ashwini Vaishnaw, JP Nadda and L Murugan. other names. The BJP has renominated only four of the 28 outgoing MPs and two ministers.
The BJP's RS candidate lists indicated that it is trying to provide representation to its women, farmers, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Class (OBC) leaders and Sangh Parivar workers.
Rajya Sabha polls: List of BJP ministers who have not been renominated
Of the 56 Rajya Sabha MPs due to retire in April, the BJP controls 28. In the nominations, she has only reinstated four of her retiring MPs. These include JP Nadda, Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan, and spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi.
Seven of its incumbent union ministers were not reappointed. Here are their names:
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Parshottam Rupala
- Bhupender Yadav
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar
- V Muraleedharan
- Narayan Rane
After the nominations were announced, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said it will support Vaishnaw's candidature.
Nominate them for Lok Sabha?
A report from NDTV Thursday quoted sources as saying that all seven candidates dropped from Rajya Sabha could be fielded from Lok Sabha constituencies in different states in the upcoming general elections.
Congress nominates Sonia Gandhi and Ajay Maken
On February 14, the Congress also nominated several candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls. Former party chief Sonia Gandhi has been nominated from Rajasthan, party treasurer Ajay Maken from Karnataka, Renuka Chowdhury from Telangana and Abhishek Manu Singhvi from Himachal Pradesh.
Notably, Singhvi will fill the seat vacant after Nadda's retirement from Himachal Pradesh.
Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has announced that it will nominate Milind Deora from Maharashtra. Deora had earlier left Congress to join Shiv Sena.
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Published: Feb 15, 2024 3:41 PM IST