Bhopal/New Delhi, March 3 – Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav extended his best wishes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, including the party's President Nitin Nabin, from Bihar, on Tuesday.
In response to the party's decision to appoint BJP President Nabin and others to the Rajya Sabha, Chief Minister Yadav stated that their presence would further promote the national interest.
"Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to BJP President Nitin Nabin and all other esteemed candidates who have been nominated for the Rajya Sabha. I am fully confident that your dignified presence in the Rajya Sabha will further promote the national interest," Chief Minister Yadav said on the social media platform X.
Madhya Pradesh BJP President Hemant Khandelwal also extended his greetings to Nitin Nabin and other candidates for their nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
"Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for victory to respected BJP President Nitin Nabin for being nominated by the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar," Khandelwal said on X.
The BJP's central leadership released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls, fielding the party's President Nabin from Bihar, its former West Bengal unit Chief Rahul Sinha, and Chhattisgarh unit Vice-President Laxmi Verma from the respective states.
Assam Public Works Department Minister Jogen Mohan and BJP MLA Terash Gowalla will be the party's candidates from the state for the election to the Upper House of Parliament.
The BJP has also nominated its Odisha unit President Manmohan Samal and party leader Sujeet Kumar, an incumbent Rajya Sabha MP, as candidates from the state for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
BJP leader Shivesh Kumar will contest from Bihar, and Sanjay Bhatia, a former BJP Lok Sabha MP, will be the party candidate from Haryana.
Shivesh Kumar is currently the General Secretary of the Bihar BJP.
The names of the candidates have been approved by the party's central election committee, BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh said.
According to the Election Commission's press note dated February 18, notifications will be issued on February 26.
The last date for filing nominations is March 5, followed by scrutiny on March 6. Candidates can withdraw their nominations until March 9.
Polling will be held on March 16 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The counting of votes will begin at 5 p.m. on March 16. The election process is scheduled to be completed by March 20.