The BJP on Thursday nominated former Amritsar Mayor Shwet Malik as the party nominee for Rajya Sabha from Punjab, as the term of Avinash Rai Khanna is coming to an end.
Khanna, who is incharge of party affairs in Jammu and Kashmir and is also party’s central election officer was not given a renomination. His term comes to an end on April 9.
“The party’s Central Election Committee has decided to nominate former Amritsar mayor Shwet Malik as BJP’s nominee for the Rajya Sabha polls from Punjab,” State BJP president Kamal Sharma said.
Malik would file nominations in Chandigarh on Friday, the last day for filing the papers, the elections of which would be held on March 21 if needed. Different names were doing the rounds in the party including that of former Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu.