New Delhi: Setting aside internal differences, BJP today declared S S Ahluwalia - their outgoing Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha - as the party candidate from Jharkhand for the biennial elections to the Upper House.
Ahluwalia, who completed his fourth term as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 2, was earlier denied a ticket by the BJP. He was an MP from Jharkhand in his last term as well.
Earlier, BJP had decided not to put up a candidate from Jharkhand, where it is a part of the ruling coalition headed by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The latter had fielded Supreme Court lawyer Sanjeev Kumar as its candidate.
Ahluwalia thanked BJP for "reposing faith in him". Ahluwalia got this opportunity after the BJP did a rethink on the issue when fresh elections were announced by the Election Commission. Polling will be held on May 2 for the two seats from Jharkhand.
It is not clear whether JMM will field a candidate.
Yashwant Sinha was the first BJP leader to oppose Anshuman Mishra's candidature. When Mishra started speaking against some of the senior BJP leaders, the anger against him within the party rose. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley even served him a notice threatening to file a defamation suit.
Ahluwalia, who completed his fourth term as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 2, was earlier denied a ticket by the BJP. He was an MP from Jharkhand in his last term as well.
Earlier, BJP had decided not to put up a candidate from Jharkhand, where it is a part of the ruling coalition headed by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The latter had fielded Supreme Court lawyer Sanjeev Kumar as its candidate.
Ahluwalia thanked BJP for "reposing faith in him". Ahluwalia got this opportunity after the BJP did a rethink on the issue when fresh elections were announced by the Election Commission. Polling will be held on May 2 for the two seats from Jharkhand.
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It is not clear whether JMM will field a candidate.
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Yashwant Sinha was the first BJP leader to oppose Anshuman Mishra's candidature. When Mishra started speaking against some of the senior BJP leaders, the anger against him within the party rose. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley even served him a notice threatening to file a defamation suit.
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