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Last Updated:March 04, 2026, 12:18 IST
The BJP on Wednesday announced the names of four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Maharashtra.
BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde (Image: X)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced that its General Secretary, Vinod Tawde, will contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra.
In addition to Tawde, Ramdas Athawale, Maya Chintaman Ivnate and Ramrao Wadkute were also named as BJP’s candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls.
Earlier, the BJP announced a total of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls across various states.
From Bihar, the party has fielded President Nitin Nabin and Shivesh Kumar.
In Assam, Terash Gowalla and Jogen Mohan have been nominated, while Laxmi Verma will contest from Chhattisgarh.
Haryana’s candidate is Sanjay Bhatia, while the party has nominated State unit chief Manmohan Samal along with Sujeet Kumar from Odisha.
The Rajya Sabha elections are scheduled to be held on March 16.
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March 04, 2026, 12:18 IST
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