BJP's Uttarakhand state president Mahendra Bhatt files his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other party leaders in Dehradun.
Taking a jibe at Congress after parties Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, BJP's spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala questioned the party's formal "association" with Uttar Pradesh in future and said that Congress fears of losi
The saffron party has fielded four candidates which include Union Minister L Murugan, Maya Naroliya, Bansilal Gurjar and Umesh Nath Maharaj from Madhya Pradesh for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Elections to be held on February 27.
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday asserted that the Congress party in the state is united while taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government for "spreading rumours".
"I am an ordinary party worker. I didn't know I was being nominated. I did not expect that I would be nominated for the Rajya Sabha. I have been in the BJP for the past 25-30 years. I want to work in the areas of medical education and research," he said.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday announced MP Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday fielded its national president JP Nadda for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat and former Congress leader Ashok Chavan from Maharashtra.
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