New Delhi, March 4. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the list of its candidates in Maharashtra for the biennial elections of Rajya Sabha. These include the names of four leaders including BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale. Apart from Tawde and Ramdas Athawale, two other leaders are Maya Chintaman Evenate and Ramrao Kudkute.
The list of nine candidates including Nitin Nabin was released on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, BJP had released the list of nine candidates including its national president Nitin Nabin. The party had announced the names of Nitin Nabin and Shivesh Kumar from Bihar, Tersh Gowala and Jogen Mohan from Assam, Lakshmi Verma from Chhattisgarh, Sanjay Bhatia from Haryana, Manmohan Samal and Sujit Kumar from Odisha and Rahul Sinha from West Bengal.
Elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats are to be held on March 16.
It is noteworthy that on February 18, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the schedule of biennial elections of Rajya Sabha to fill 37 vacant seats from 10 states. According to the Commission, voting will be held on March 16 from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm and counting of votes will take place at 5.00 pm on the same day. The tenure of 37 members of the State Council elected from 10 states is set to expire in April, 2026.
In view of the upcoming vacancies, the Commission has prepared a detailed time table for the electoral process. The election notification was issued on 26 February. The last date for filing nominations has been fixed as March 5 while the scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on March 6. Candidates will have the option to withdraw their nomination till March 9.
The Commission has clarified that only integrated purple colored pens with pre-determined specifications, which will be provided by the Returning Officer, will be valid for marking preferences on ballot papers. The Commission has also clarified that no other writing instrument will be allowed for this purpose. Observers will be deployed to monitor the entire process to ensure that the elections are conducted in a transparent and fair manner.
The members whose tenure is expiring represent the states of Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana.
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