BJP announces Bhubaneswar Kalita as RS candidate

TheBharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday officially announced Bhubaneswar Kalita astheir candidate for Assam's third Rajya Sabha seat.

Apartfrom Kalita in Assam, the BJP also announced the names of candidates for theRajya Sabha seats in Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Interestingly, Jyotiraditya Scindia has beenannounced as the BJP Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh.

Itmay be mentioned here that Bhubaneswar Kalita had collected the forms ofnomination papers from the Returning Officer for RS election on March 10. Thelast date for filing of nomination papers is March 13. The election will beheld from 9 AM to 4 PM on March 26. The scrutiny of nomination papers is onMarch 16, and the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers is March 18.