The BJP on Sunday launched its record of 16 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, fielding Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal from Karnataka and Maharashtra respectively.
The elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats can be held on June 10. These seats are unfold throughout 15 states and Union territories (UTs), together with Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, amongst others.
Here is the complete record of candidates:
Madhya Pradesh
Kavita Patidar
Karnataka
Nirmala Sitharaman
Jaggesh
Maharashtra
Piyush Goyal
Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde
Rajasthan
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Uttar Pradesh
Laxmikant Vajpayee
Radhamohan Aggarwal
Surendra Singh Nagar
Baburam Nishad
Darshana Singh
Sangeeta Yadav
Uttarakhand
Kalpana Saini
Bihar
Satish Chandra Dubey
Shambhu Sharan Patel
Haryana
Krishan Lal Panwar
Earlier this week, the Samajwadi Party introduced its assist to former Congress chief Kapil Sibal, who will contest the Rajya Sabha polls as an Independent candidate. The Akhilesh Yadav-led social gathering additionally introduced the candidatures of social gathering chief Javed Ali and social gathering chief’s spouse Dimple Yadav.
Eleven of the 57 seats going to polls lie in Uttar Pradesh, adopted by six every in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Thirteen Rajya Sabha seats had went to polls in April this yr, during which the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party bagged 5 seats every, LDF two seats whereas the Congress might win only one seat.
The BJP reached the 100-mark within the Upper House, turning into the primary social gathering to take action since 1988. The Rajya Sabha has 245 members, the bulk mark stands at 123.
While the BJP is ready to additional improve its power within the Upper House, the Congress is unlikely to make any good points when it comes to seats until 2024. In Parliament, the Congress occupies solely 10 per cent of the whole seats—53 of the 543 seats within the Lok Sabha and 30 of the 250 Rajya Sabha seats.
Of the 65 Rajya Sabha seats that can fall vacant until March 2024, the Congress is sort of sure to lose 5 of its present higher home members whereas it might acquire an equal variety of seats. However, if the social gathering can do nicely within the Gujarat meeting elections later this yr, it has an opportunity of gaining a few seats from the state in August 2023.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”