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BJP fields Naresh Bansal for Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand

08:47 AM Oct 27, 2020 | PTI |

Dehradun: The BJP has announced senior party leader Naresh Bansal as its candidate from Uttarakhand for the Rajya Sabha election.

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Pradesh BJP Vice President Devendra Bhasin said the central election committee of the party announced Bansal”s candidature on Monday night.

Vice-Chairman of the state-level 20-point programme implementation committee, Bansal holds the rank of a cabinet minister in Uttarakhand.

He has been fielded from the Rajya Sabha seat that falls vacant next month on completion of Congress MP Raj Babbar”s tenure on November 25.

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The Rajya Sabha poll is scheduled to be held on November 9.

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Bansal”s election is almost certain as the BJP has 57 out of the total 70 assembly seats in the state in its kitty.

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