Hardeep Singh Puri elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. His victory followed the rejection of nomination papers from two other candidates due to procedural errors.
Why it matters
The election secures a seat in the upper house of India's parliament for a key government minister, ensuring continuity in legislative representation.
NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday after the nomination papers of the two other candidates were rejected, leaving him as the sole contender in the by-election.BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal collected Puri's certificate of election from Returning Officer Umesh Kumar Sharma at the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Deputy chief minister Jagdish Devda and BJP MLAs Rameshwar Sharma and Bhagwandas Sabnani were also present, ANI reported.Puri's nomination was accepted by the Returning Officer on November 3 after objections raised by Congress leaders and independent candidates were dismissed during scrutiny.The nomination papers of Rajkumar Lohani and Kante Sayanna were rejected, leaving Puri as the only candidate in the contest.According to the order, cited by ANI, Sayanna's nomination was rejected because it did not meet the mandatory requirement of signatures from either 10 per cent of the…
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