Lucknow, September 27 (Udaipur Kiran) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is accelerating its candidate selection process for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. A core committee meeting has been scheduled for Monday, September 28, where potential candidates for the eight Rajya Sabha seats will be deliberated. Following the meeting, a panel of candidates will be prepared and submitted to the party’s central leadership for final approval.
Expected to attend the meeting are Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, and senior party officials including state president Pankaj Chaudhary and organizational secretary Dharmapal Singh.
The primary agenda of the meeting will focus on selecting candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. The state leadership plans to discuss various potential candidates, aiming to compile a list of three names for each seat. After discussions at the state level, this panel will be forwarded to the central leadership, which will make the final decision on the candidates.
Discussions will likely take into account organizational equations alongside the potential candidates’ profiles. Political observers are keenly watching this core committee meeting and the subsequent decisions from the central leadership regarding which faces the BJP will field for the elections.
According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, biennial elections are set to take place for ten Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and one in Uttarakhand, along with a by-election for a vacant seat in West Bengal. Voting for all seats is scheduled for October 16.
The current terms of eleven Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will expire in November 2026, prompting these elections. The notification for the elections will be issued on September 29, with candidates able to file nominations until October 6. The scrutiny of nomination papers will occur on October 7, and candidates can withdraw their nominations until October 9.
Voting will take place on October 16 from 9 AM to 4 PM, with counting to begin at 5 PM if necessary. The entire election process is expected to be completed by October 19.
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