The elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 10 states are set to take place on June 18, as announced by the Election Commission.
Ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, a high-level meeting of the BJP’s top brass is scheduled to be held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Seva Teerth residence on Sunday evening.
During the meeting, the saffron party is expected to discuss various issues, including the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections.
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According to reports, the agenda of the meeting is to finalise the candidates for the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections.
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BJP national president Nitin Nabin, along with senior Cabinet ministers, including Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh and other top party leaders, is expected to attend the meeting at Modi’s residence.
The elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 10 states are set to take place on June 18, as announced by the Election Commission.
These posts fell vacant due to the retirement of sitting lawmakers from the Upper House, between June 21 and July 19.
June 8 is the last date of filing nominations for RS elections, pertaining to various states including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand and some in the North-East including Meghalaya and Mizoram.
The BJP core group will also discuss possible nominations for the Legislative Council elections, spanning across Karnataka, Bihar and Maharashtra.
The biennial election for 16 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) is set to be held on June 18. In Karnataka, seven MLC seats will be up for grabs after expiry of terms of the incumbent members while in Bihar, the MLC seat became vacant after resignation of former Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Top sources also said that the discussion will be held on strengthening the organisation, mobilising workers and supporters at the grassroots level and to propagate the landmarks and milestones of Modi government, achieved in past twelve years.
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