New Delhi, March 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its list of candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra. The party has nominated four leaders, including National General Secretary Vinod Tawde and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale.
In addition to Tawde and Athawale, the list also includes Maya Chintaman Iwanate and Ramrao Kudkute.
Previously, on Tuesday, the BJP had announced a list of nine candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections, which included the party’s National President Nitin Nabin from Bihar, Shivesh Kumar, Terash Gowala, Jogen Mohan from Assam, Laxmi Verma from Chhattisgarh, Sanjay Bhatia from Haryana, Manmohan Samal and Sujit Kumar from Odisha, and Rahul Sinha from West Bengal.
On February 18, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the biennial elections to fill 37 vacancies from 10 states in the Rajya Sabha. According to the commission, voting will take place on March 16 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, with counting of votes scheduled for the same day at 5:00 PM. The term of the 37 members elected from 10 states will end in April 2026.
In light of the upcoming vacancies, the commission has prepared a detailed timeline for the electoral process. The election notification was issued on February 26, with the last date for filing nominations set for March 5, and scrutiny of nomination papers on March 6. Candidates will have the option to withdraw their nominations until March 9.
The commission has specified that only a pre-determined specific purple pen, provided by the returning officer, will be valid for marking preferences on the ballots. No other writing instruments will be permitted for this purpose.
To ensure a transparent and fair election process, observers will be deployed to monitor the entire procedure. The outgoing members represent Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana.
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