Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who recently left the Congress and joined the saffron party, are the party's pick from Gujarat and Maharashtra respectively for the Rajya Sabha elections on February 27. Along with the party president, Govindbhai Dholakia, Mayankbhai Nayak, Dr. Jashvantsinh Salamsinh Parmar are the other candidates for Rajya Sabha elections. For Maharashtra, BJP has picked Ashok Chavan, Medha Kulkarni and Dr. Ajit Gopchhade. 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.
From Uttar Pradesh
Seven BJP candidates on Wednesday filed their nomination papers here in presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Those who filed the nomination papers included former Union Minister R P N Singh, former MP Chaudhary Tejveer Singh, state party general secretary Amarpal Maurya, former state minister Sangeeta Balwant, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, former MLA Sadhna Singh and former Agra mayor Naveen Jain. Besides the chief minister, BJP state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and BJP UP Lok Sabha in-charge Baijyant Panda were also present on the occasion.
The Rajya Sabha elections are scheduled to be held on February 27 and the last date of nomination is February 15.
