Dr K. Laxman, old guard for Bharatiya Janata Party, the leader from Telangana state, and a former party MLA from the Musheerabad constituency, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the BJP.
The party announced that Dr Laxman will be its nominee from Uttar Pradesh.
Dr Laxman is the BJP’s OBC Morcha national president, and also previously was the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. His name was announced along with that of Mithilesh Kumar, also from Uttar Pradesh.
The party had previously nominated six other candidates from the state from where it can send eight to the Rajya Sabha.
The popular BC leader Dr Laxman, has held several positions in the BJP in addition to representing the Musheerabad constituency in the state Legislative Assembly twice, winning the first time in 1999, and the second time in 2014 state elections, serving as the deputy floor leader of the party in the Assembly the first time, and as the floor leader between 2014 and 2016.
