New Delhi: BJP today gifted its lone Rajya Sabha seat from Maharashtra to its ally Republican Party of India-A (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale as it declared its remaining five candidates for the February 7 election to the Upper House.
After much deliberation, the party decided that Athawale, who has joined the NDA, will be nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, ending speculation over the fate of its BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar who was being considered for a re-election.
The other four candidates declared today are Ranvijay Singh Judev, son of former Union Minister Dilip Singh Judev, from Chhattisgarh and Shambhuprasad Tundiya, Lalsinh Vadodiya and Chunibhai Gohail from Gujarat.
With this, the party has declared all its 12 candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls.
The party's Central Election Committee had earlier fielded C P Thakur and R K Sinha from Bihar, Satyanarayan Jatiya and Prabhat Jha from Madhya Pradesh and Vijay Goel, Ram Narain Dudi and Narayan Panchariya from Rajasthan.
After much deliberation, the party decided that Athawale, who has joined the NDA, will be nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, ending speculation over the fate of its BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar who was being considered for a re-election.
The other four candidates declared today are Ranvijay Singh Judev, son of former Union Minister Dilip Singh Judev, from Chhattisgarh and Shambhuprasad Tundiya, Lalsinh Vadodiya and Chunibhai Gohail from Gujarat.
With this, the party has declared all its 12 candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls.
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The party's Central Election Committee had earlier fielded C P Thakur and R K Sinha from Bihar, Satyanarayan Jatiya and Prabhat Jha from Madhya Pradesh and Vijay Goel, Ram Narain Dudi and Narayan Panchariya from Rajasthan.
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