The party announced the names of two candidates each from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Bihar and one candidate each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana.
Digital Desk: The BJP declared six candidates from Uttar Pradesh, two each
from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Bihar and one candidate from Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana.
On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the
candidates' list for the Rajya Sabha polls. The saffron party has dodged
finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman from Karnataka, commerce minister Piyush
Goyal from Maharashtra, Laxmikant Vajpayee and Radha Mohan Agrawal, among
others. The last day for filing nominations is May 31. The elections for 57
seats will be held on June 10.
The party has fielded two women from the state - Darshana
Singh and Sangeeta Yadav.
The party announced the names of two candidates each from
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Bihar and one candidate each from Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana.
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe,
whose tenures are ending, did not feature in the BJP's first list of candidates.
Here is the list of BJP candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha
elections.
Uttar Pradesh
Dr Laxmikant Vajpayee
Dr Radha Mohan Agrawal
Surendra Singh Nagar
Baburam Nishad
Darshana Singh
Sangeeta Yadav
Karnataka
Nirmala Sitharaman
Jaggesh
Maharashtra
Piyush Goyal
Anil Sukhdeorao Bonde
Madhya Pradesh
Kavita Patidar
Uttarakhand
Dr Kalpana Saini
Rajasthan
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Bihar
Satish Chandra Dubey
Shambhu Sharan Patel
Haryana
Krishan Lal Panwar
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