Jyotiraditya Scindia files nomination for Rajya Sabha
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who had recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), filed his nomination papers for the March 26 Rajya Sabha polls on Friday.
Bhopal: Jyotiraditya Scindia, who had recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), filed his nomination papers for the March 26 Rajya Sabha polls on Friday.
The senior leader was accompanied by BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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भारतीय जनता पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेताओं के साथ आज विधानसभा में पार्टी के प्रत्याशी के रूप में राज्यसभा चुनाव के किए नामांकन दाखिल किया।@BJP4India pic.twitter.com/930AKdozA4
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) March 13, 2020
Polls for 55 Rajya Sabha seats in different states are scheduled to be held on March 26.
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On Wednesday, Scindia joined the BJP in New Delhi in the presence of party President JP Nadda. He had resigned from Congress a day earlier after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Scindia was part of the Congress Party for almost two decades. (ANI)