The BJP has nominated Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal as its candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha election slated on June 11.
Goyal filed his nomination for the RS polls at Vidhan Bhavan here last evening.
The Shiv Sena had last week nominated Sanjay Raut as the party nominee for polls to the Upper House of Parliament.
In Maharashtra, six RS seats are up for grabs. Besides Raut, the other retiring Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra are Ishwarlal Jain and Praful Patel (NCP), Vijay Darda and Avinash Pande (Congress), and Union Minister Piyush Goyal (BJP).
The biennial elections to 57 seats in Rajya Sabha are necessitated as 55 members from 15 States are retiring between June and August.