Essel Group Chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subhash Chandra on Tuesday, May 31 filed his nomination for reelection to the Upper House from Rajasthan as an independent candidate supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Dr. Subhash Chandra, who filed his nomination papers from Rajasthan, is the 2nd BJP candidate from the state.
Earlier, the party fielded Ghanshyam Tiwari for the Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan.
The maximum number of seats is in Uttar Pradesh, with polls to be held for 11 vacancies. The states where these biennial elections will take place are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana.
The BJP`s list of candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls has prominent names, including Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, missing. The polls for the upper House will be held next month June 10. The BJP has so far released the names of 22 candidates in the three lists.
