Nitin Nabin, Ramdas Athawale, Vinod Tawde among 13 candidates announced by BJP for Rajya Sabha polls
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has named its national president Nitin Nabin, Union minister Ramdas Athawale and party general secretary Vinod Tawde among its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, announcing nominees across seven states.
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On Tuesday, the party announced nine candidates from six states, followed by four more from Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Nabin, who has been fielded from Bihar, is a five-time MLA from Bankipur and a minister in the Nitish Kumar government. The youngest national president in the BJP’s history, Nabin will have to resign from the Bihar Assembly if elected.
Alongside Nabin, the BJP has nominated Shivesh Ram, a former MLA and current Bihar BJP general secretary, as its second candidate from the state. He is the son of former BJP MP Muni Lal Ram.
There are five vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar. The ruling BJP and Janata Dal (United) are positioned to win two seats each, while the fifth seat will require three additional votes from the Opposition to secure a majority, The Hindu reported.
In Maharashtra, the party has named Athawale and Tawde along with Maya Chintaman Ivnate and Ramrao Wadkute as its nominees, ANI reported.
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