Rajya Sabha polls: BJP announces nine candidates from six states; party president Nitin Nabin to contest from Bihar

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced its national president Nitin Nabin as its candidate from Bihar for the upcoming biennial elections to the Lok Sabha.Nabin, who hails from Bihar, took over the party chiefship from Union Minister JP Nadda in January. The BJP has also fielded former MP Shivash Kumar as its candidate in the state. Their names appear on the party’s first list, which also includes seven other candidates from five other states.In Assam, the nominees are Terash Gowalla and Jogen Mohan, while Laxmi Verma is from Chhattisgarh. The candidate in Haryana is Sanjay Bhatia. Odisha will elect Manmohan Samar and Surjit Kumar, while Rahul Sinha from West Bengal will be elected to the upper house.Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Sarangi said all candidates representing the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the party in the state will file their nominations on Thursday.The Lok Sabha elections scheduled for March 16 will fill 37 seats in 10 states including Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana, whose members’ terms will end in April 2026.The election process officially begins with notification on February 26, and the deadline for submitting nominations is Thursday. Candidates have until March 9 to withdraw their nominations.(With ANI input)