New Delhi. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. After the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Thursday, no other candidate was left in the fray. In fact, the papers of two other candidates who filed nominations in the by-election were rejected during scrutiny. After this Puri was left the only candidate. Returning Officer in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Umesh Kumar Sharma issued him the election certificate. Many senior BJP leaders and MLAs were present on this occasion.
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How was Hardeep Singh Puri elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed?
By-election was being held on the vacant seat of Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh. Apart from Hardeep Singh Puri, Rajkumar Lohani and Kante Sayanna had also filed nominations. However, during investigation, the nomination papers of both were rejected. After this, Puri was left the only candidate in the election field. The deadline for withdrawal of nominations was 3 pm on November 5. Since no other candidate was in the fray by this time, Puri was declared elected unopposed. That means there was no need to hold voting on this seat.
Why were the nominations of two candidates rejected?
According to the order of the Returning Officer, the nomination of Kante Sayanna was rejected due to lack of signatures of the required proposers. According to the rules, signatures of at least 10 elected members of the Assembly or 10 percent of the total elected members were required for his nomination. Whichever number is less, the signatures of that number of members should have been there. At the same time, Rajkumar Lohani's nomination was rejected due to not submitting the required Form-26 affidavit on time. He had to submit this document by 3 pm on November 2, but the deadline was reached.
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What objection did Congress raise on the nomination of Hardeep Singh Puri?
Hardeep Singh Puri had filed his nomination in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly located in Bhopal on 31 October. During this, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Deputy Chief Ministers Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Deora, BJP State President Hemant Khandelwal and many ministers of the state government were present. On November 3, the returning officer accepted Puri's nomination papers. Earlier, objections were raised on his nomination by Congress leaders and independent candidates. However, during scrutiny these objections were rejected and his nomination was considered valid.
On which seat has Hardeep Singh Puri been elected unopposed?
This Rajya Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh is held by Union Minister L. It became vacant after the resignation of Murugan. He resigned from the membership of Rajya Sabha on October 14. His tenure was originally till April 2, 2030. Due to his resignation, by-election had to be held on this seat. BJP had made Hardeep Singh Puri its candidate from this seat. After the completion of scrutiny of nominations and withdrawal of nominations, it was decided that Puri would be elected unopposed.