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BJP Drops 8 Sitting MPs Including Hardeep Singh Puri For UP Rajya Sabha Polls
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News18•05-10-2026, 16:03
BJP Drops 8 Sitting MPs Including Hardeep Singh Puri For UP Rajya Sabha Polls
- •The Bharatiya Janata Party dropped all eight of its sitting MPs from the candidate list for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections.
- •Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and BL Verma are among the prominent leaders who did not secure renomination for the biennial polls scheduled for October 16.
- •New faces nominated by the party include former Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Singh Rawat, Shruti Gangwar, Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan.
- •The candidate selection features three OBC candidates, two Scheduled Caste candidates and three from the general category, reflecting a strategic focus ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Key Questions Answered
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and BL Verma are among the eight sitting MPs who were dropped from the BJP's candidate list for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha biennial elections.
The biennial Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to take place on October 16.
There are 10 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in Uttar Pradesh, out of which eight are currently held by BJP members, while the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party hold one seat each.
