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Drama and surprises on last day of filing of nominations for RS polls

Ex SP leader Naresh Agarwal who joined BJP said that SP rejected his re-nomination to 'accommodate someone who dances in Bollywood'

BJP Rajya Sabha candidate industrialist Rajeev Chandrasekhar files his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of  BJP State President B. S. Yeddyurappa at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)
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BJP Rajya Sabha candidate industrialist Rajeev Chandrasekhar files his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of BJP State President B. S. Yeddyurappa at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Archis Mohan New Delhi

Elections to 58-Rajya Sabha seats are scheduled for March 23, but saw much drama across the political spectrum on the last day of filing of nominations on Monday.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. He was upset that the SP didn't re-nominate him to the Rajya Sabha. Agarwal said his son, an SP legislator, would vote for the BJP.

In comments that came for criticism from within the BJP, Agarwal said at the press conference at the BJP headquarters in the afternoon that the SP rejected his re-nomination to "accommodate someone who dances in