RS polls: Nomination papers of all three candidates from Haryana in order

Nomination papers of all three Rajya Sabha candidates from Haryana -- Ram Chander Jangra and Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the BJP and Deepender Singh Hooda of Congress -- were found in order on Monday.

"The nomination papers of all the three candidates were found in order after scrutiny," Returning Officer Ajit Balaji Jsohi said.

All three Rajya Sabha seat aspirants submitted their nomination papers for the elections on Friday, the last day fixed for the purpose.

They are set to enter the Upper House of Parliament unopposed.

The declaration about the election of the three candidates to Rajya Sabha will be made on March 18, the last date for withdrawal of nominations, Joshi said.

The BJP named its backward classes leader Jangra and party vice-president Gautam while Congress named its former MP from Rohtak.

Notably, the two Rajya Sabha vacancies are due to the resignation of BJP's Ram Kumar Kashyap, who was elected as party MLA in assembly polls last year, and the expiry of veteran Congress leader Kumari Selja's term next month. Jangra and Deepender entered the race to fill these vacancies which will last a full term till April 2026.

A third vacancy which necessitated a bypoll arose following the resignation of former Union minister and BJP leader Birender Singh and Gautam is set to enter the Upper House for the remainder of the term, which will last till August 2022.

Deepender had been a three-time Lok Sabha member from Rohtak. In 2019, he narrowly lost to BJP's Arvind Sharma as the saffron party won all 10 parliamentary seats from the state.