Along with Sudhanshu Trivedi, six other BJP candidates filed their nomination papers in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the Rajya Sabha polls
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is likely to field Milind Deora, who recently switched from Congress severing decades-old family ties with the grand old party, as its Rajya Sabha candidate for the upcoming Biennial election.
The saffron party has fielded four candidates which include Union Minister L Murugan, Maya Naroliya, Bansilal Gurjar and Umesh Nath Maharaj from Madhya Pradesh and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw from Odisha.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced its support for Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the press release said on Wednesday.
The grand old Congress party announced on Wednesday the first list of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Biennial Elections to be held in various states.
With Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi filing her nomination from Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha election on Wednesday, Congress leader Bhanwar Jitendra said that the former's arrival will strengthen the party in the desert state.
Witnessing a series of political developments in Maharashtra including the Election Commission order recognising Eknath Shinde as official "Shiv Sena" and Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party as the "real" NCP as well as the recent departure of former Chief Minister of