The BJP on Wednesday named Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan its Rajya Sabha candidates from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
If elected, a close to certainty, it is going to be the second Rajya Sabha time period for the 2 leaders from these states. Railway Minister Vaishnaw is prone to get elected with the assist of the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), as was the case in the course of the former IAS officer’s election for the primary time period in 2019.
From Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has named three extra candidates in addition to Murugan, the MoS within the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, for the 5 vacancies from the state. The BJP has the numbers to win 4 seats whereas the Congress can win one.
It additionally named two candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls in Rajasthan, excluding outgoing MP and Union minister Bhupender Yadav. The BJP fielded former state minister Chunnilal Garasiya and former MLA Madan Rathore. The tenure of two Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan — former prime minister Manmohan Singh (Congress) and Bhupender Yadav (BJP) — is ending on April 3.
