Political activities for Rajya Sabha elections have intensified in many states of the country. BJP has released the first list of its 9 candidates for Rajya Sabha. The names of two candidates each have been announced from Bihar, Assam and Odisha, while the names of one candidate each have been announced from Chhattisgarh, Haryana and West Bengal. The list of Rajya Sabha candidates has been released by the Central Election Committee of BJP.

Nitin Naveen will go to Rajya Sabha from Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party’s current president Nitin Naveen has been made the party’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Bihar. The announcement of his name is being seen as an important strategy of BJP in the politics of Bihar. Apart from Nitin Naveen, BJP has also made Shivesh Kumar its candidate from Bihar.

BJP announces its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

Nitin Nabin, Shivesh Kumar from Bihar.
Terash Gowalla, Jogen Mohan from Assam.
Laxmi Verma from Chhattisgarh.
Sanjay Bhatia from Haryana.
Manmohan Samal, Sujeet Kumar from Odisha
Rahul Sinha from West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/jM3afnPLLi

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2026

These two faces get a chance in Assam

Apart from this, BJP has nominated Terash Gowala and Jogen Mohan from Assam. The two faces from Odisha who have got a chance include the names of Manmohan Samal and Sujit Kumar. Let us tell you that Samal is currently holding the responsibility of the state president of BJP. At the same time, the party has declared Rahul Sinha as its candidate from West Bengal. BJP has included the names of Lakshmi Verma from Chhattisgarh and Sanjay Bhatia from Haryana in the list of BJP candidates.

When will the elections for Rajya Sabha seats be held?

Let us tell you that elections will be held on 37 Rajya Sabha seats from different states of the country. Voting date is 16 March. Now only one day is left in the election process, 3rd and 4th March will be a holiday due to Holi, hence nominations can be made only till 5th March. The tenure of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar is ending, these include Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, Upendra Kushwaha, Union Minister Ramnath Thakur, Premchandra Gupta, Amarendra Dhari Singh. Harivansh and Ramnath Thakur come from JDU, Premchandra Gupta and Amarendra Dhari from RJD and Upendra Kushwaha from RLMO.