S Jaishankar, two different BJP applicants elected to Rajya Sabha ‘uncontested’ from Gujarat

By way of PTI

AHMEDABAD: 3 applicants of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP), together with Exterior Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, had been on Monday declared elected “uncontested” to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, officers mentioned.

Excluding Jaishankar, the opposite two BJP applicants elected to the Higher Space of Parliament for a 6-year time period are Kesridevsinh Jhala and Babubhai Desai.

For the occupation diplomat-turned-politician, who used to be inducted into the Union Cupboard in 2019, this would be the 2nd time period within the Rajya Sabha from the BJP-ruled state.

Returning Officer Reeta Mehta mentioned the 3 applicants were declared as being elected “uncontested”.

Kesridevsinh Digvijaysinh Jhala, Desai Babubhai Jesangbhai, and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Krishnaswami “were declared elected uncontested on July 17,” the RO mentioned in a declaration at the Nationwide eVidhan Utility website online.

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Monday (July 17) used to be the final date to withdraw nomination paperwork, and if required, polling used to be to happen on July 24.

The Opposition Congress had introduced it will no longer box applicants for polls to the 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat because it didn’t have sufficient MLAs within the 182-member Meeting.

Jaishankar had filed his nomination shape on July 10, whilst Jhala and Desai submitted their papers on July 12.

Two sitting Raya Sabha MPs from Gujarat, Jugalji Thakor and Dinesh Anavadiya — whose time period used to be to finish quickly — weren’t renominated by way of the BJP which as a substitute fielded Jhala and Desai this time.

The saffron birthday party had received a document 156 seats within the Meeting polls held past due final 12 months, whilst the Congress noticed its worst efficiency because the state used to be shaped by way of managing to get simply 17 seats.

AHMEDABAD: 3 applicants of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP), together with Exterior Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, had been on Monday declared elected “uncontested” to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, officers mentioned.

Excluding Jaishankar, the opposite two BJP applicants elected to the Higher Space of Parliament for a 6-year time period are Kesridevsinh Jhala and Babubhai Desai.

For the occupation diplomat-turned-politician, who used to be inducted into the Union Cupboard in 2019, this would be the 2nd time period within the Rajya Sabha from the BJP-ruled state.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Returning Officer Reeta Mehta mentioned the 3 applicants were declared as being elected “uncontested”.

Kesridevsinh Digvijaysinh Jhala, Desai Babubhai Jesangbhai, and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Krishnaswami “were declared elected uncontested on July 17,” the RO mentioned in a declaration at the Nationwide eVidhan Utility website online.

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Monday (July 17) used to be the final date to withdraw nomination paperwork, and if required, polling used to be to happen on July 24.

The Opposition Congress had introduced it will no longer box applicants for polls to the 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat because it didn’t have sufficient MLAs within the 182-member Meeting.

Jaishankar had filed his nomination shape on July 10, whilst Jhala and Desai submitted their papers on July 12.

Two sitting Raya Sabha MPs from Gujarat, Jugalji Thakor and Dinesh Anavadiya — whose time period used to be to finish quickly — weren’t renominated by way of the BJP which as a substitute fielded Jhala and Desai this time.

The saffron birthday party had received a document 156 seats within the Meeting polls held past due final 12 months, whilst the Congress noticed its worst efficiency because the state used to be shaped by way of managing to get simply 17 seats.