BJP bags RS seat in Bihar
Team Udayavani, Oct 9, 2019, 7:19 PM IST
Patna: The BJP on Wednesday wrested the Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar which had fallen vacant upon the death of former union minister Ram Jethmalani, who was elected three years ago on an RJD ticket.
BJP leader Satish Chandra Dubey was declared elected unopposed since no other candidate had filed nomination papers for the by-elections.
After the end of the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers at 3 pm, Satish Chandra Dubey was declared elected unopposed. He was handed over the certificate inside the Vidhan Sabha premises, state assembly secretary Batesar Nath Pandey told PTI.
Jethamalani was elected on a seat from the quota of Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JD(U) in 2016, which gave up the claim over the same as a goodwill gesture towards the RJD headed by Lalu Prasad, his then alliance partner, who had hired the renowned lawyers services in fodder scam cases.
The seats tenure was to end in 2022. With JD(U) back in the NDA camp and enjoying an absolute majority along with the BJP and Ram Vilas Paswans LJP in the state assembly, the Grand Alliance headed by the RJD refrained from throwing its hat in the ring.
Initially, there were speculations that the JD(U) would like to put up its own candidate for the seat which were put paid to after Nitish Kumar decided to forgo claim in favour of the alliance partner.
NDA sources said it was a deft move by the JD(U) national president, who might bargain hard with the BJP in the assembly polls next year, asking the alliance partner to return the favour granted in the Rajya Sabha by-poll.
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