Meena, Yadav, Saini are BJP candidates for RS polls from Rajasthan

Meena, Yadav, Saini are BJP candidates for RS polls from Rajasthan

Tribal leader and MLA Kirori Meena, sitting Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra Yadav and veteran party leader Madan Lal Saini today filed nominations as the BJP candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan.

"All three leaders were welcomed at party's state office today. Later they filed nominations for Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan at the Legislative Assembly," a BJP spokesperson said.

Meena, who had separated from the BJP in 2008 , rejoined the party yesterday along with his two National Peoples Party (NPP) MLAs. He, as the state president of NPP, which he had joined in 2013, also merged his party with the BJP.

He along with sitting Rajya Sabha MP Yadav and Saini, a veteran BJP leader from Jhunjhunu, were chosen as the Rajya Sabha candidates, the spokesperson said.

Opposition Congress had previously announced that it would not field candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha election.

The tenure of Yadav and two Congresss MPs Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Narendra Budania is expiring on April 3.

Today was the last date for filing of nominations. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on March 13, whereas last date for withdrawing names will be March 15.

Voting will take place on March 23 from 9 am to 4 pm and counting will be done on the same day at 5 pm.