Rajya Sabha polls | Jayant Chaudhary to be joint candidate of SP-RLD
The Hindu
As per their Assembly strengths, the ruling BJP-led NDA will be able to get 8 members elected to the Upper House of Parliament, while the SP+ can ensure the victory of 3 candidates.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary will be the joint candidate of the SP and RLD for the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) announced on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Congress veteran Kapil Sibal had on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, filed his nomination as an SP-backed Independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls. Javed Ali Khan had filed his nomination for the election as an SP candidate.
"Jayant Chaudhary will be joint candidate of the SP and RLD," the Samajwadi Party said in a tweet from its official Twitter handle.
With 273 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the ruling BJP-led NDA will easily be able to get eight members elected to the Upper House of Parliament, while the SP and its allies (RLD and SBSP), with a strength of 125 legislators, will be able to ensure the victory of three candidates.
Uttar Pradesh sends 31 members to the Rajya Sabha.
Among the 11 retiring MPs from the State, five are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three from the SP, two from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one from the Congress.
Among those whose tenures are ending include Mr. Sibal, Satish Chandra Mishra of the BSP and Reoti Raman Singh of the SP.
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