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Center-Right Owned by The PioneerHardeep Puri elected unopposed; BJP takes 9 MPs to Rajya Sabha
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The Union Petroleum Minister was declared elected after the nomination of two independent candidates were rejected.
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Union Petroleum Minister and BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri was on Thursday declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh, an official said. On the last day of the withdrawal of nominations, Puri, who was the sole candidate in the fray as the papers of other two nominees…
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Union Minister and BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. The result was all but certain after the nomination papers of two other candidates were rejected, leaving Puri as the only candidate in the fray. The Returning Officer formally…
— India TV
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Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, changing the party-wise strength in the State’s Upper House representation. With his election, the BJP now has nine of the state’s 11 Rajya Sabha seats, while the Congress has two. The Congress had…
