Jharkhand's Ruling Alliance Announces Candidates for Rajya Sabha Elections

After the meeting, Baghel told reporters that detailed discussions have been held with Chief Minister Hemant Soren regarding the two seats. He is the leader of the ruling alliance here. He has called a meeting of all the 56 MLAs of the alliance. We will also be present in it. After this, the whole picture will be clear. He expressed confidence that we are going to win both the seats here. Both the candidates of the ruling alliance will file their nominations on Monday. Congress had on Friday announced senior party functionary Pranav Jha as its candidate for one Rajya Sabha seat. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has nominated former minister Baidyanath Ram. The nomination process for the Rajya Sabha elections has started from June 1 and the last date of nomination is June 8. Voting will be held on June 18. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced to field a candidate on one seat, but has not announced the name yet. To win these elections, a candidate will need at least 28 first preference votes. India Alliance: 56 MLAs: Congress: 16 Loktantrik Janata Dal (JJDU): 4 MLAs: JDU: 24 Ram Vilas (LJP) One Jharkhand NDA candidate.