The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election here on Saturday. He submitted the nominations to returning officer Bhagwandas Israni, who is also Principal Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.
Javadekar reached the Assembly premises at around 11.50 am, after visiting the State BJP headquarters. He was accompanied by his wife Prachee Javadekar,Union Minister and Madhya Pradesh BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar, and other senior BJP leaders.Javadekar filed two sets of papers before the Returning Officer. Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Ministers Narottam Mishra and Gaurishankar Sejwar were among those who proposed for the Minister.