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BJP nominates Gopi Krishna Pandey for Rajya Sabha
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News18•06-10-2026, 15:15
BJP nominates Gopi Krishna Pandey for Rajya Sabha
- •BJP has announced Gopi Krishna Pandey as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh.
- •Pandey has been associated with the RSS and BJP for about four decades and maintained a low profile.
- •An old anecdote of Pandey watching the movie Gadar with Narendra Modi in 2001 has resurfaced.
- •The nomination highlights BJP's strategy of rewarding grassroots organization workers with major responsibilities.
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Gopi Krishna Pandey is a long-serving organization worker associated with the BJP and RSS for about four decades who was recently nominated as a Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh on October 5.
In 2001, when Narendra Modi visited Kanpur for organizational work, he stayed at Gopi Krishna Pandey's home and both went to a cinema hall to watch the popular movie 'Gadar' together.
Gopi Krishna Pandey started as an RSS Swayamsevak at a young age, later taking on organizational roles in the Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagran Manch, BJP, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, and Kisan Morcha.
