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All three candidates from Madhya Pradesh received their certificates of victory. (Photo Credit – ANI )
The results of the Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh have been decided unopposed, with all three BJP candidates securing victory. Similarly, all four BJP candidates in Gujarat have also won their Rajya Sabha seats unopposed.
The results of the Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh have been decided unopposed, with all three BJP candidates securing victory. Similarly, all four BJP candidates in Gujarat have also won their Rajya Sabha seats unopposed.
Following the Supreme Court’s stance, the Rajya Sabha election results in Madhya Pradesh were finalized unopposed. The contest for the state’s third Rajya Sabha seat ended after the Returning Officer rejected the nomination papers of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan.
During the nomination process, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had accused the Congress candidate of concealing information regarding criminal cases or court notices in her affidavit. Her nomination papers were cancelled following an examination of the objections and a subsequent hearing. Consequently, the three BJP candidates—Tarun Chugh, Rajnish Agrawal, and Mahesh Kevat—were elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha MPs.
According to reports, all three BJP candidates have received their certificates of victory and have reached the Rajya Sabha unopposed.
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar heard a plea by Meenakshi Natarajan seeking a stay on the Returning Officer’s order cancelling her nomination. Citing a previous Supreme Court ruling, the bench stated that the court should not interfere during the election process.
Although Meenakshi’s counsel, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, argued that the court should allow the election to proceed while withholding the declaration of results pending a final order, the court dismissed the argument.
Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections
In the elections for four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, all four BJP candidates were elected unopposed. Raju Shukla, Mansinh Parmar, Mukesh Rathwa, and Jitendra Kanjariya secured victory.
With this, Gujarat now has 11 MPs in the Rajya Sabha, all of whom belong to the BJP. The next Rajya Sabha elections will be held in 2029; until then, the Congress party will not have any MPs from Gujarat.
It is worth noting that all three Rajya Sabha candidates in Rajasthan have also won unopposed. BJP’s Satish Poonia and Alka Gurjar won two seats, while Congress’s Neeraj Dangi won one seat.
Karnataka Rajya Sabha Elections
All four candidates contesting the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka were declared elected unopposed on Thursday. Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Pawan Khera, and Mansoor Khan, along with BJP-backed M. Nagaraju, were elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha members. K.M. Vishalakshi, the Secretary of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and the Returning Officer, officially announced the election of the four candidates and handed over their certificates.
