Two BJP-nominated candidates – Cabinet Minister and Mahmora MLA Jogen Mohan and Duliajan MLA Terash Gowalla – along with UPPL chief Pramod Boro on Thursday filed their nominations for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections to be held on March 16.All the three candidates are set to win unopposed as no Opposition or Independent candidates have filed their nominations for three vacant seats.After the completion of the nomination process and verification of the nomination papers, the candidates will be officially declared elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament. The elections are being held to fill the seats of three Rajya Sabha members from Assam – Ajit Kumar Bhuyan (Independent), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP) and Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP) – whose terms end next month.Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on Tuesday congratulated both Mohan (who is an MLA from Mahmora constituency) and Gowalla for securing the party’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections.“Both these outstanding leaders – hailing from the grassroots- have a demonstrated track record of public service, and I am confident they will make valuable contributions to enriching our parliamentary processes,” Sarma said.The chief minister clarified that the BJP would neither contest nor oppose a candidate fielded by the UPPL for the third seat.“UPPL has informed about the possibility of the party nominating a candidate for the Rajya Sabha election, even as the final decision has not been conveyed yet. The BJP cannot win the third seat as it does not have the numerical strength. So, we are okay if UPPL chief Pramod Boro decides to contest the third seat,” Sarma said.
Rajya Sabha Polls: Two BJP Candidates, UPPL Chief File Nominations
