These days, the excitement in the political circles of Uttar Pradesh regarding the 10 Rajya Sabha seats of the state is at its peak. There is talk that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may surprise everyone once again by announcing candidates on these seats. The party's strategy this time is to field mostly new faces in the election field. The situation is such that there is a lot of doubt over the repetition of two Union Ministers who are sitting Rajya Sabha MPs from UP quota. There are speculations in the political circles that this time the party may send both Smriti Irani and Harish Dwivedi, who have been made National General Secretaries, to the Rajya Sabha, while if BL Verma's card is cut, there may be a lottery for Rajveer Singh Raju.
What is the complete electoral mathematics and seat equation?
The election process for 10 Rajya Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh is starting from September 29. Out of the 10 seats in UP for which elections are to be held on November 5, BJP currently holds eight seats and Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party hold one seat each. This time the political contest seems to be divided mainly between BJP and SP. As soon as the tenure of BSP's only Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam is completed, BSP's representation in the Upper House of Parliament i.e. Rajya Sabha will become completely zero. At the same time, among the current eight Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP's UP, Union Minister Hardeep Puri is also included, whose candidature is also under cloud of doubt this time. However, the final and final seal of approval regarding his name will be given at the level of Prime Minister Narendra Modi only.
Eyes set on the seat vacated by Dinesh Sharma's resignation
Former Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma has already resigned from his membership on September 11 due to being made the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar. Now the party can place a big bet on Harish Dwivedi from the Brahmin quota in his place, because the confidence of the central leadership has increased a lot in him in the recent past. This time, the biggest and shocking name from UP could be that of Smriti Irani. The party can use them for politics from UP to the Centre, due to which the quota of women will also be fulfilled. Apart from this, the party is also looking for new and strong faces to replace Geeta Shakya and Seema Dwivedi.
Strong contenders for OBC and Dalit quota
In place of Geeta Shakya, many other faces including her cousin Mamtesh Shakya are also strongly involved in the race. At the same time, under the OBC quota, Prakash Pal is also emerging as a big contender, who is currently holding the responsibility of the state president of the party's OBC Morcha. Along with this, keeping in mind the upcoming assembly elections, BJP is completely focusing on solving social equations. The party can also send any Pasi face from the Dalit quota to the Upper House, in which the name of Vidyasagar Sonkar is also strongly leading. The last date for filing nominations for these elections is October 6, while BJP is likely to officially announce the names of its candidates from October 3 to 4.