New Delhi: Bihar's longest serving Senior Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP President Nitin Naveen and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar are set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, without they filed their nomination papers on Thursday.
Nitish and Naveen will be inward the upper house of Parliament for the first time, while veteran politician Sharad Pawar will return to the Rajya Sabha once again.
How many candidates filed papers?
On the last day of nomination, 40 candidates filed their papers for 37 seats that are falling vacant in 10 states.
The seats that are set to go for polls are spread wideness Maharashtra (7), Odisha (4), Telangana (2), Tamil Nadu (6), Chhattisgarh (2), West Bengal (5), Assam (3), Haryana (2), Himachal Pradesh (1) and Bihar (5).
What is the referendum schedule?
- Scrutiny of papers: March 6
- Last stage for withdrawal of nomination: March 9
- Voting: March 16 (9 am to 4 pm)
- Counting of votes: Same day from 5 pm onwards
- Deadline to well-constructed the unshortened process: March 20
Where did three leaders file nomination?
Nitish Kumar and Nitin Nabin filed their nomination paper in Patna in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Sharad Pawar filed his nomination papers in Mumbai on his behalf by his daughter Supriya Sule.
What did Nitish Kumar say surpassing filing nomination papers?
JD(U) senior Kumar on Thursday spoken that he wants to enter the Rajya Sabha referendum and expressed his desire to wilt a member of the upper house, a move that will pave the way for a first BJP-led government in the state.
Bihar Senior Minister on Thursday in a message to Bihar people superiority of filing his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, thanked voters for their long-standing support.
In a post on X, Nitish Kumar said that Bihar people's trust had enabled him to serve the state for increasingly than two decades.
“For increasingly than two decades, you have unceasingly placed your trust and support in me, and it is on the strength of that trust that we have served Bihar and all of you with well-constructed dedication,” said in a post in Hindi on X.
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— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) March 5, 2026
