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BJP Drops Hardeep Singh Puri And 8 Sitting MPs, Fields All-New Faces In UP Rajya Sabha Polls
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News18•05-10-2026, 16:38
BJP Drops Hardeep Singh Puri And 8 Sitting MPs, Fields All-New Faces In UP Rajya Sabha Polls
- •The BJP has announced eight candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, dropping all its sitting MPs.
- •Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and B. L. Verma are among the prominent leaders who have not been renominated.
- •The newly released candidate list features all-new faces, including two women: Priyanka Singh Rawat and Shruti Gangwar.
- •The selection balances caste representation, regional dynamics, and organizational experience with an eye on the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Key Questions Answered
The BJP's list includes eight new candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections: Priyanka Singh Rawat, Shruti Gangwar, Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan.
The BJP did not renominate any of its eight sitting Rajya Sabha MPs, including Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, B. L. Verma, Arun Singh, Seema Dwivedi, Neeraj Shekhar, Brijlal, and Geeta Shakya, choosing entirely new faces instead.
The Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to be held on October 16.
