Before the Rajya Sabha elections, actor-singer and BJP leader Pawan Singh met the party’s national president Nitin Naveen in Delhi on Thursday (26 February). After this meeting, Pawan Singh said that he took blessings from Nitin Nabin and this was a courtesy meeting. On the question whether BJP will send him to Rajya Sabha, he said, “I am a brother, whatever the boss wants will not happen.”

Last date for filing nomination is March 5

Let us tell you that Rajya Sabha elections are to be held on five seats of Bihar. Elections will be held on 16 March. The last date for filing nomination is March 5. Holi is on 4th March, that means the last date will be the next day of Holi.

Political discussion has already gained momentum regarding Pawan Singh. Even during the Bihar Assembly elections, it was discussed that BJP could field him. Pawan Singh’s name also came into the headlines during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But the party did not take any such decision. It is being said that during the assembly elections, BJP had promised him that he would be sent to Rajya Sabha. Pawan Singh had campaigned in support of BJP during Bihar Assembly elections.

Not a single BJP MP on the vacant seat

There is currently no BJP MP on the five Rajya Sabha seats that are falling vacant in Bihar. Two seats are vacant for JDU, two seats for RJD and one seat for Upendra Kushwaha. Upendra Kushwaha is the President of Rashtriya Lok Morcha. During the assembly elections, Upendra Kushwaha was also promised one Rajya Sabha seat and one MLC seat. At present, Upendra Kushwaha’s son Deepak Prakash is a minister in Bihar and he is not a member of any house. It is considered certain that he will become MLC. The seats of JDU’s Harivansh and Ramnath Thakur are going to be vacant. Whereas RJD’s Premchand Gupta and Amarendra Dhari Singh are retiring.

Rajya Sabha seats are becoming vacant in Bihar. On five seats, the tenure of sitting MPs Premchand Gupta and AD Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Harivansh and Ramnath Thakur of Janata Dal United (JDU) and Upendra Kushwaha of Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) are completing. Elections will be held on 16 March. Of the five vacant seats, RJD and JDU have two seats each and Rashtriya Lok Morcha has one seat.

BJP may gain two seats and RJD may lose two seats. For one seat in Rajya Sabha, votes of 41 MLAs are required. Accordingly, NDA will win four seats comfortably. After winning four seats, NDA will have votes left for 38 MLAs. To win the fifth seat, NDA will need three MLAs. If all the 41 MLAs of the opposition come together and decide their candidate and vote for him, then the opposition can get one seat. If NDA and opposition also field candidates on the 5th seat, there will be scope for horse-trading of MLAs.

In 2025, NDA achieved majority by winning 202 seats.

According to the information, there are a total of 243 MLAs in Bihar Assembly. For 5 seats, a candidate needs about 41 votes to win. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the NDA alliance won an overwhelming majority by winning 202 out of 243 seats. BJP got 89 seats, while JDU won 85 seats. Apart from this, LJP got 19 seats, HAM got 5 and RLM got 4 seats. In the grand alliance, RJD got 25 seats and Congress got 6 seats. Apart from this, CPI (ML) got 2 seats, CPI (M) got 1 seat and IIP got 1 seat.

In this way, the Grand Alliance has only 35 MLAs. Apart from this, 5 MLAs of AIMIM and 1 MLA of BSP are included in other parties. This time through Rajya Sabha elections, BJP-JDU is working on a mix of caste balance, regional representation and high-profile faces. BJP can send Bhojpuri actor and singer Pawan Singh to Rajya Sabha. According to sources, BJP is also brainstorming on the name of some big Brahmin and Rajput leader.

Ramnath Thakur is sure to go to Rajya Sabha once again

It is considered certain that Ramnath Thakur will once again enter Rajya Sabha from JDU quota. At the same time, there is doubt in JDU regarding Harivansh Narayan Singh. Generally it is seen that Nitish Kumar sends any leader to Rajya Sabha only twice. According to sources, JDU National General Secretary Manish Verma comes from Kurmi caste.

Rajya Sabha is also considering sending him or any minority. If BJP gives its candidates on two seats, then NDA can field Upendra Kushwaha on the fifth seat.

RJD may send Premchand Gupta to Rajya Sabha again

Talking about the opposition, AIMIM has demanded from the opposition parties to send Bihar President and MLA Akhtarul Iman to Rajya Sabha. Party’s national spokesperson Adil Hasan has made this demand and sought support from the opposition. RJD can again send Rajya Sabha member Premchand Gupta to Rajya Sabha. For this, support can be sought from opposition parties.

Talking to ABP News, MIM Bihar President and MLA Akhtarul Iman said that we will field candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar. Opposition parties should cooperate with us. If you want to stop communal forces then support us. We are always here to support you. We will give our candidate. We do not have a single member in Rajya Sabha.

Let us tell you that Akhtarul’s statement is a blow to the Grand Alliance parties especially RJD because RJD is trying to field its candidate and may seek support from Owaisi.

JDU chief spokesperson Legislative Councilor Neeraj Kumar said that it is an internal matter of the opposition whether it will give a candidate or not, but the situation of RJD has become so bad that it cannot even give its candidate. RJD should answer whether it will support MIM or not. The public made RJD sit at home. NDA will win all five seats. The top leadership of NDA will decide together who will be the candidates of NDA.

Opposition will field one candidate in Rajya Sabha – Mrityunjay Tiwari

RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari said that the opposition will field 1 candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. All opposition parties together will field one candidate and win. Who will be the candidate and from which party? The opposition parties will decide this together. We will talk to all opposition parties including Left party, AIMIM, BSP, Congress. Must have played also. Many NDA MLAs will also do cross voting.

BJP spokesperson Kuntal Krishna said that NDA will win all five seats. Candidates will give NDA on all five seats. The decision on which candidates will be from which party will be taken soon. Talks are going on between the allies. There is a fight going on in the Grand Alliance for one seat. Grand alliance is out of elections. The public sat at home during the assembly elections.

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Rajya Sabha Election 2026: The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule of elections for Rajya Sabha. This election is being conducted to fill the places of those members whose tenure is ending in April 2026. Elections will be held on 37 seats in a total of 10 states. According to the schedule released by the Election Commission, notification will be issued on 26 February 2026. The process of filing nomination, scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination will be completed as per the stipulated time limit. Voting for all these seats will be held on 16 March 2026. Voting will take place on the same day and counting of votes will also be done on March 16 only.

This election will be conducted for the seats of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh. Political parties have started the process of selecting their candidates and election activity has intensified in the states.

election program

• Notification will be released on 26 February 2026.
• The last date for nomination has been fixed as March 5, 2026.
• Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on 6 March 2026.
• The last date for withdrawal of names is 9 March 2026.
• Voting will take place on March 16, 2026, from 9 am to 4 pm.
• Counting of votes will start at 5 pm on March 16, 2026.
• The election process will be completed by 20 March 2026.

Retiring members from Maharashtra

• Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
• Dr. Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan
• Priyanka Vikram Chaturvedi
• Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar
• Patience Mohan Patil
• Rajni Ashokrao Patil
• Ramdas Bandu Athawale

Retired member from Odisha

• mamta mohanta
• Mujibullah Khan
• Sujit Kumar
• Niranjan Bishi

Retired member from Tamil Nadu

• nr elango
• P Selvarasu
• M Thambidurai
• tiruchi siva
• Dr Kanimozhi N V N Somu
• G K Vasan

Retired member from West Bengal

• Saket Gokhale
• Ritabrata Banerjee
• Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
• Weather Noor
• Subrata Bakshi

Retired member from Assam

• Rameshwar Teli
• Bhuvaneshwar Kalita
• Ajit Kumar Bhuiyan

Retired member from Bihar

• Amarendra Dhari Singh
• Prem Chand Gupta
• Ramnath Thakur
• Upendra Kushwaha
• Harivansh Narayan Singh

Retired member from Chhattisgarh

• Poet Tejpal Singh Tulsi
• Phulo Devi Netam

Retired member from Haryana

• Kiran Chaudhary
• Ram Chander Jangra

Retired member from Himachal Pradesh

• Indu Bala Goswami
• Retired member from Telangana
• Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi
• K R Suresh Reddy

Voting for all these seats will be held on 16 March 2026. Political parties have accelerated the process of deciding their candidates.