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BJP names nine candidates for Rajya Sabha polls, Rahul Sinha to contest from West Bengal

Assam PWD Minister Jogen Mohan and MLA Terash Gowalla will be the saffron party's candidates for the elections to the Upper House of Parliament from the state

PTI Published 03.03.26, 03:53 PM
Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. PTI picture.

BJP national president Nitin Nabin was on Tuesday nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls, fielding its former West Bengal unit chief Rahul Sinha and Chhattisgarh unit vice-president Laxmi Verma from the respective states.

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Assam PWD Minister Jogen Mohan and MLA Terash Gowalla will be the saffron party's candidates for the elections to the Upper House of Parliament from the state.

The BJP has also nominated its Odisha unit president, Manmoham Samal, and leader Sujit Kumar, an incumbent Rajya Sabha MP, as candidates from the state for the upcoming polls.

BJP leader Shivesh Kumar will join the fray from Bihar and Sanjay Bhatia, a former Lok Sabha MP of the party, will be its candidate from Haryana. Kumar is Bihar BJP's general secretary.

The names of the candidates have been approved by the party's central election committee, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.

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