Hours after resigning from the membership of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, four-time legislator and former Congress leader Kiran Choudhry, who joined the BJP along with her daughter Shruti Choudhry in June, was nominated by the party on Tuesday for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana. The ruling BJP is set to win the seat unopposed as the main opposition Congress has declared that it will not be fielding a candidate.
The Vidhan Sabha Speaker accepted her resignation from the Tosham Assembly constituency, a notification by the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat said. The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant with Congress leader Deepender Hooda getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Rohtak constituency on June 4. The term of this seat ends on April 9, 2026. The by-election is being held to elect an MP for the remaining term of the RS seat.
Choudhry, who was elected as MLA of the Congress from Tosham in Bhiwani in 2019, is the daughter-in-law of former Haryana chief minister Bansi Lal. Kuldeep Bishnoi, a four-time MLA and two-term MP, who bid farewell to the Congress and joined hands with the BJP last year, was also apparently seeking a ticket for Rajya Sabha but remained unsuccessful.
Kiran Choudhary to be BJP's Rajya Sabha nominee from Haryana
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | PNS
| Chandigarh
Kiran Choudhary to be BJP's Rajya Sabha nominee from Haryana
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh
