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BJP unveils 12 names for Rajya Sabha seats

| | May 30, 2016, at 12:53 am
New Delhi, May 29 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday unveiled names of 12 candidates for the biennial elections from nine states to the Rajya Sabha.

Union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal have been named in the list.

Council of States (RAJYA SABHA)

Sl.   No.      Name of States                       Name of Candidate
1.                                  Rajasthan      M. Venkaiah Naidu, Cabinet Minister
2.                                  Rajasthan     Om Prakash Mathur, National Vice-President
3.                                  Rajasthan           Harsh Vardhan Singh
4.                                  Rajasthan          Ram Kumar Verma
5.                                  Haryana            Chaudhary Birender Singh, Cabinet Minister
6.                                 Maharashtra         Piyush Goyal, MoS (Ind. Charge)
7.                                 Karnataka           Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS (Ind. Charge)
8.                                Jharkhand             Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MoS
9.                                Gujarat               Purushottam Rupala, National Vice-President
10.                              Madhya Pradesh Anil Madhav Dave, Sitting MP
11.                              Chhattisgarh      Ramvichar Netam, Former Minister, Chhattisgarh

12.                               Bihar           Gopal Narayan Singh, Former State President
 

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