Rajya Sabha Elections: BJP may release the list of candidates today, bet on some new, some old faces
BJP can release the list of Rajya Sabha candidates today.
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The process of nomination to fill 11 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh has started from May 24. In such a situation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can release the list of Rajya Sabha candidates today. If sources are to be believed, this time the party can re-nominate some sitting members of the Rajya Sabha in the list. Apart from this, some new names can also be stamped by the high command.
BJP may release list of candidates today
For the 8 seats of Rajya Sabha, the names of more than 15 contenders have been sent to the party national president JP Nadda. These include sitting Rajya Sabha members Syed Zafar Islam, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar RPN Singh, Laxmikant Bajpai, former MLA Radha Mohandas Agarwal, former MP Naresh Agarwal, Shiv Pratap Shukla, BJP spokesperson Jugal Kishore, Baburam Nishad, Poornima Verma and state general secretary. Priyanka Rawat's name is included in the race to be sent to Rajya Sabha.
57 Rajya Sabha seats election in 5 states
In fact, a notification will be issued on Tuesday for the elections to be held on 57 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states of the country. With this, the process of filing nominations will start. Nominations can be filed till May 31. Congress can get a maximum of 9 seats in the Rajya Sabha elections, but if the allies show generosity, then this figure can reach 10 to 11. Under this, this ticket has been given to Kapil Sibal.
Samajwadi Party put its final seal on three names
Here, the Samajwadi Party has put its final seal on the names of its three candidates for the Rajya Sabha. SP has declared Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal as its joint candidate after Javed Ali and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal. If sources are to be believed, the Samajwadi Party has decided to send Kapil Sibal to the Rajya Sabha in view of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.