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.
Notably, the BJP had on Friday decided to nominate Javadekar as its nominee for the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh where the seat had fallen vacant after Faggan Singh Kulaste was elected to the lok Sabha. The election is slated for June 19.Javadekar who filed his nomination from the Madhya Pradesh quota for the Rajya Sabha revealed that his wife Prachi Javadekar owns property worth Rs 1.88 crore, while he owns property valued at Rs 55.22 lakh. He submitted his affidavit with the nomination papers.
As per the affidavit filed by Javadekar he has just Rs 30,500 cash in hand while his wife has cash of Rs 54,200, besides she is having cash deposits in banks. Javadekar is having a deposit of Rs 10 lakh in the State Bank of India; he owns a Honda City car that is valued at Rs 7.10 lakh, whereas his wife owns two Maruti Alto cars. Javadekar has gold jewellery worth Rs 1 lakh while his wife owns jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh. Javadekars do not own any weapons. They do not have any loans.