All the candidates have been elected unopposed before the by-elections to 12 seats in 9 states. All these candidates have won two seats each in Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one seat each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana and Odisha. In fact, many Rajya Sabha members contested and won the Lok Sabha elections
Before the by-elections on 12 seats in 9 states, 3 BJP candidates have been elected unopposed. These include Ravneet Singh Bittu from Rajasthan, Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra from Bihar. Victory certificates have been issued to all three candidates. After winning in Bihar, both the candidates had a courtesy meeting with Chief Minister Nitish
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced candidates for the by-elections on nine Rajya Sabha seats. The party has made Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu its Rajya Sabha candidate from Rajasthan. Union Minister George Kurien has been given a ticket from Madhya Pradesh. Manan Kumar Mishra from Bihar, Kiran Chaudhary from Haryana, and Dhairyasheel Patil
There is political uproar after Punjab Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi’s statement on Amritpal Singh. Channi claimed that the BJP-led central government has curbed the freedom of speech of controversial Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh. When voices of protest started rising after this comment, Congress distanced itself from this statement. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said