Patna. Candidates of all parties will be elected unopposed in the biennial elections being held for six Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar. The last date for nomination is Thursday. On Wednesday, Dr. Bhim Singh and Dharamsheela Gupta from BJP, Sanjay Kumar Jha from JDU and Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh from Congress filed their nomination forms. Both the authorized candidates of RJD will file their nominations on Thursday. If no one else files nomination by 3 pm on Thursday, then on Tuesday 20th February, the day of withdrawal of nominations, the candidates of all parties will be declared elected unopposed. When elections come, voting will take place on 27th February. The possibility of which seems very less at present.
BJP gains one seat, JDU loses one
In the elections being held for six seats, BJP has gained one seat. At the same time, JDU is losing one seat. The tenure of two current JDU Rajya Sabha members Vashishtha Narayan Singh and Anil Hegde is completing in April. At the same time, the tenure of former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi in BJP will end. The current tenure of Congress State President Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh will also end in April. The party has given him the opportunity to make him a candidate for the second time.
RJD surprised everyone by making Sanjay Yadav its candidate.
On the other hand, RJD has fielded one of its sitting MPs, Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha, as its candidate for the second time. The ongoing suspense for the second seat ended on Wednesday when National President Lalu Prasad surprised everyone by making Tejashwi Yadav’s advisor Sanjay Yadav the candidate. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday participated in the nomination of NDA candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. During this, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, JDU MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi etc. were present.
For the victory of a candidate, votes of 35 MLAs will be necessary.
According to the numerical strength of the Assembly, a candidate will need the votes of 35 MLAs to win. BJP has two candidates, they will need the votes of 70 MLAs, whereas it has 78 MLAs. At the same time, for the victory of JDU’s Sanjay Jha, votes of 35 MLAs will be required. Whereas JDU has 45 MLAs. At the same time, RJD also has six surplus votes. For the victory of the Congress candidate, apart from its 19 MLAs, the votes of at least 10 out of the 16 MLAs of the Left parties and the surplus six of RJD will be required.
No scope for seventh candidate
There does not seem to be any scope for a seventh candidate from Bihar for the Rajya Sabha elections. According to the provisions, a candidate will need the support of at least 10 MLAs at the time of nomination. But, after the voting of party candidates, no party has so many votes available.
Tejashwi Yadav’s advisor Sanjay Yadav will reach Rajya Sabha for the first time
RJD has declared its national spokesperson Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha and Sanjay Kumar Yadav as candidates for Rajya Sabha biennial elections 2024. RJD state president Jagdanand Singh has made this official announcement on Wednesday. This announcement has been made after discussions between RJD National President Lalu Prasad and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. Both RJD leaders will file nomination for Rajya Sabha on February 15. RJD’s national spokesperson Manoj Jha is being sent to Rajya Sabha for the second time. Whereas Sanjay Yadav is nominated for Rajya Sabha for the first time. Before this, he had been working as an advisor to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. However, he has been made a member of the coordination committee of the recently formed Alliance India.
Sanjay Jha nominated in three sets, while Bhim Singh, Dharamsheela Gupta and Akhilesh Prasad Singh nominated in two sets each.
Elections for six Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar are to be held on February 27. For this, Bhim Singh and Dr. Dharamsheela Gupta from BJP and Sanjay Jha from JDU filed nomination for Rajya Sabha in the Assembly Secretary’s chamber on Wednesday. Whereas, Akhilesh Prasad Singh has filed nomination from Congress. Bhim Singh, Dr Dharamsheela Gupta and Dr Akhilesh Prasad Singh filed nomination for Rajya Sabha in two sets each, while former Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha filed nomination for Rajya Sabha in three sets. Along with Akhilesh Prasad Singh of Congress, senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar, legislature party leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Ajit Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, former state president Madan Mohan Jha and ML MLA Mehboob Alam etc. were present.
BJP’s Dharamsheela Gupta and RJD’s Sanjay Yadav have not been members of any house till date.
All three NDA candidates have filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections for the first time. BJP’s Dharamsheela Gupta has not been a member of any house. She is going to become a member of any House for the first time. Similarly, RJD candidate Sanjay Yadav has also not been a member of any house till now. Sanjay Yadav, a native of Haryana, will become a member of any House for the first time, whereas, BJP’s Bhim Singh and JDU’s Sanjay Jha have also been members of the Legislative Council and ministers in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. At the same time, Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh of Congress is going to Rajya Sabha for the second time.
Total assets of the candidates who filed nominations on Wednesday
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Name of the candidate Own property Spouse’s property
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Sanjay Jha 4.30 crore 3.63 crore
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Bhim Singh 1.20 crore 54.48 lakh
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Dr Dharamsheela Gupta 42.80 Lakh 34.73 Lakh
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Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh 4.54 crore 6.01 crore
Party gave up Rajya Sabha seat for alliance: Dipankar
CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said in a press conference on Wednesday that the final decision on seat sharing regarding the Lok Sabha elections will be taken soon. CPI(ML)’s claim will increase by five seats. Said that we all wanted the number of party leaders to reach Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council, but this time the party has sacrificed the Rajya Sabha seat for the sake of alliance. This decision has been taken after talking to Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday. He said that we were never a candidate for Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. We will work by staying outside the House.
On the question of journalists, he said that BJP has come back to power in Bihar due to a conspiracy. The public will respond to this trick in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. The government has been formed in Bihar on the strength of the police. Dipankar said that the life imprisonment given to 23 people including Male MLA Manoj Manzil is due to political malice. The party will appeal against this decision before the High Court and the public. At the same time, protest week will be celebrated.
Chief Minister participated in nomination of NDA candidates for Rajya Sabha elections
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday participated in the nomination of NDA candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. In the office of Assembly Secretary, Dr. Bhim Singh and Dr. Dharamsheela Gupta from BJP, while Sanjay Kumar Jha from JDU filed nomination for Rajya Sabha. During the nomination, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, JDU MP Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi etc. were present.
Nandkishore Yadav will be elected unopposed today as Assembly Speaker.
On the other hand, BJP’s Nand Kishore Yadav will be elected unopposed for the post of Speaker of Bihar Assembly on Thursday. Only Nandkishore Yadav has filed nomination for the election of the post of President. A special meeting of the Assembly has been called on Thursday for the elections. As per the rules, the current Vice President Maheshwar Hazari will inform the House about only one nomination for the post of Speaker. After this, it will be announced that Nand Kishore Yadav has been unanimously elected president unopposed. Nandkishore Yadav is a senior leader of BJP and has been a minister of many departments.