It looks like the BJP has ignored Telugu states in the first list for the Rajya Sabha elections. There is no name from the Telugu states in the list given by the party.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman from Karnataka, and Minister of Commerce and IndustryPiyush Goyal from Maharashtra are among the prominent names up for re-elections given the nearing end of their terms.
The BJP is currently contesting six seats in Uttar Pradesh, two seats in Karnataka, two in Maharashtra, two in Bihar and a single seat in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
The BJP also announced the candidacy of Dr Anil Bonde from Maharashtra, Ghanshyam Tiwari from Rajasthan, Satish Chandra Dubey from Bihar, Kalpana Saini from Uttarakhand, Shambhu Sharan Patel from Bihar, Kavita Patidar from Madhya Pradesh, Jaggesh from Karnataka, and Krishan Lal Panwar from Haryana.
The party subsequently announced Dhananjay Mahadik’s candidacy, making him the third candidate from Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Aditya Sahu, state BJP general secretary has been fielded from Jharkhand.
complete list
Madhya Pradesh- Kavita Patidar
Karnataka -Nirmala Sitharaman, Jaggesh
Maharashtra -Piyush Goyal, Anil Sukhdevrao, Bonde Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari
Uttar Pradesh- Laxmikant Vajpayee, Radhamohan Aggarwal, Surendra Singh Nagar, Baburam Nishad, Darshana Singh Sangeeta Yadav
Uttarakhand – Kalpana Saini
Bihar- Satish Chandra Dubey ,Shambhu Sharan Patel
Haryana- Krishan Lal Panwar
