Sushma, Kalraj, Ahluwalia, Apte re-nominated for RS

New Delhi, Mar 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party today re-nominated Ms Sushma Swaraj, Mr Kalraj Mishra, Mr Bal Apte and Mr S S Ahluwalia as their candidates for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha.

The Central Election Committee of the party also put up three new faces -- Mr Vinay Katiar, Mr Gopalji Vyas and Ms Anusuiya Uike -- for the Upper House as it cleared a list of nine candidates.

Ms Swaraj, who had been representing the party from Uttaranchal, has now been made a candidate from Madhya Pradesh, party general secretary Pramod Mahajan announced at a press conference.

The party's nominees are: Mr Bal Apte (Maharashtra), Mr Ahluwalia (Jharkhand), Mr Vyas (Chattisgarh), Mr Mishra and Mr Katiar (UP) and Ms Swaraj, Mr Vikram Verma, Mr Narain Singh Kesari and Ms Anusiuya Uike (all from MP).

The Committee also cleared the candidature of Mr Ashok Dhawan and Mr Ram Naresh Yadav for the UP Legislative Council seats.

UNI