MLC election: BJP announces its candidates in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
MLC election in Bihar and UP is scheduled for March 21 and the last date for filing the nomination is March 11. In Bihar, BJP has fielded Mangal Pandey, Dr. Lal Mohan Gupta, and Anamika Singh for the MLC election 2024 while in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party is going with Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Mahendra Kumar Singh, Mohit Beniwal, Ashok Katariya, Dharmendra Singh, Ramtirath Singhal and Santosh Singh.
The MLC election in Bihar is going to be the first poll after the change in government and the return of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the NDA fold. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has fielded some high-profile candidates for the MLC election including former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, and former Minister Abdulbari Siddiqui. The other two candidates from the main Opposition party are Dr.
Urmila Thakur and Faisal Ali. In Uttar Pradesh, the Opposition Samajwadi Party didn't look very enthusiastic about the MLC election as it announced its candidates for three seats. Naresh Uttam Patel, Shah Alam aka Guddu Jamali, and former Minister Balaram Yadav are SP's candidates for the MLC election.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced the name of Pradeep Verma as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha Biennial elections. The elections for the 2 seats of Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand will be conducted on March 21, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced last week. The six-year Rajya Sabha tenure of Samir Oraon of the BJP and Dhiraj Prasad Sahu of the Congress will end on 3 May, necessitating polls for the two seats.Milestone Alert!
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