On the results of Rajya Sabha elections, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, “This victory was expected. The opposition was scattered. It is the result of our unity that all 5 of our candidates won. This shows the strength of our alliance.” On Bihar Assembly opposition leader and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s statement on the results, he said, “If you keep blaming people without looking inside, the opposition will suffer more losses in the future.”

#WATCH Patna: On the results of Rajya Sabha elections, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, “This victory was expected… the opposition was scattered… it is the result of our unity that all 5 of our candidates won… it shows the strength of our alliance…”

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INLD MLA Arjun Singh Chautala said on the Rajya Sabha elections, “Opinions were taken from all the organization’s colleagues and people in our 90 assembly constituencies and everyone together decided that this time we will not participate in this election. Taking each MLA, keeping their phones, taking them to Shimla shows that they (Congress) do not trust their MLAs. Cross voting has happened in Odisha, it will be seen in Haryana too. This (Congress) organization is being run by such people.” Who themselves work to support BJP.”

Before the elections to be held on two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana on March 16, Congress has taken all its MLAs to Shimla. A meeting of MLAs was held today (March 13) at the house of Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Chandigarh. Except about five MLAs from the meeting, they left for Himachal Pradesh in two small tourist buses and some private vehicles. Congress MLA Aditya Surjewala said that all the MLAs are united but in Himachal, there will be training for the MLAs on how to vote. He said that all the MLAs will now come on March 16 and will directly reach the assembly to vote.

Which candidates are in the fray?

Two Rajya Sabha seats are falling vacant from Haryana. But there are three candidates in the fray. BJP has fielded Sanjay Bhatia and Congress has fielded Karmaveer Singh Boudh. These seats have become vacant due to the end of the tenure of BJP’s Rajya Sabha MPs Kiran Chaudhary and Ram Chander Jangra. BJP leader Satish Nandal also filed nomination as an independent candidate, making the contest interesting. Now three candidates are in the fray for two seats, so the election may be tough.

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Who is Sanjay Bhatia?

Sanjay Bhatia is considered close to Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. He has long experience of organizational politics and has also been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He has also previously been the State General Secretary of BJP. Sanjay Bhatia has also been a member of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs of the Parliament, the Joint Committee on Salary and Allowances of MPs and the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

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At the same time, Indian National Congress has fielded Karmaveer Singh Boudh for the first time to strengthen the Dalit vote bank. Karmaveer Singh has retired from the post of Administrative Officer in Buddh State Civil Secretariat.

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How strong a candidate is Satish Nandal?

Satish Nandal has previously been the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal and is considered a political rival of Bhupendra Singh Hooda. He had contested elections against Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly seat in 2009, 2014 and 2019, but could not win.

To win a Rajya Sabha seat in the 90-member Haryana Assembly, 31 votes are required. At present, BJP has the support of 48 MLAs, including three independents, while Congress has 37 MLAs. The election has become more interesting with the entry of Nandal as an independent candidate.