The BJP on Saturday announced one more candidate for Rajya Sabha polls totalling five Upper House nominees from the party since Friday.
The BJP high command approved the names of Pabitra Margherita from Assam, Sikandar Kumar from Himachal Pradesh, Manik Saha from Tripura and S Phangnon Konyak from Nagaland.
On Saturday, Rwngwra Narzary, working president of UPPL United People’s Party - Liberal (UPPL) was named as the other candidate from Assam.The voting for 13 Rajya Sabha seats across six states is scheduled to be held on March 31.These include three seats from Kerala, two from Assam, one from Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura each.
The scrutiny of nominations will take place on March 22, 2022. The counting of votes will take place on the day of polling on March 31, from 5 pm
Pramod Boro, President of UPPL expressed happiness over the the selection of Rwngwra Narzary, Working President of UPPL as the candidate for the ensuing Rajya Sabha election from Assam. "We extend our heartfelt thanks to our coalition partner BJP & AGP for giving us one seat of Rajya Sabha to contest", he said.
Around 63 RS seats are expected to fall vacant about four-months time from different states and need to be filled-up before middle of July when new president of India is to be elected by an electoral college comprising elected members of Parliament and state MLAs.