Anil Dave was re-nominated from Madhya Pradesh for biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha on Sunday while suspense remains for the second seat of the party from the state.
Election for the three Rajya Sabha seats going to become vacant would be held on June 11. As per the statitics in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly it is sure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would get two seats but the ruling party in the state wishes to grab the third seat also. Till now one seat is being held by the Congress.
The BJP Central Election Committee has decided the following names for the Biennial Elections to the Rajya Sabha of different states, the party said in a statement. The names include Union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Chaudhary Birender Singh and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The other candidates shortlisted by the BJP central election committee are Om Prakash Mathur, Harsh Vardhan Singh, Ram Kumar Verma, Purushottam Rupala, Anil Madhav Dave, Ramvichar Netam and Gopal Narayan Singh.
Earlier, on Thursday Madhya Pradesh BJP forwarded 12 names for 2 Rajya Sabha seats to the central election committee. The 12 names forwarded for 2 Rajya Sabha seats include Anil Madhav Dave, Ram Krishna Kusmaria, Raghunandan Sharma, Makhan Singh, Vinod Gotia and Dheeraj Pateria.
In an indication that the state BJP had left the choice of party nominees to the central leadership of the party, the state election committee of the BJP finalised a panel of 12 probable names for 2 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha from the State. The list was forwarded to the central unit of the party for a decision.
Those completing their terms next month are Chandan Mitra and Anil Madhav Dave of the BJP and Dr Vijay laxmi Sadho of the Congress. The last date for filing nominations for the polls is May 31.
Notification for filling these three seats from the state was issued on May 24 and the nominations for the same started from then only. The last date of filing nomination would be May 31. If necessary, polling would be held on June 11 and results would be announced on June 13.