Smriti Irani, Amit Shah to contest RS polls from Gujarat

The announcements were made by Union Minister J.P. Nadda after a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board in the national capital on Wednesday evening.

New Delhi, July 26: The BJP on Wednesday announced that party chief Amit Shah will contest the election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.

Shah, currently a legislator in Gujarat, will be making his debut in Parliament once he is elected, given the numbers the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party enjoys in the state assembly.

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, currently a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, has been re-nominated for the other seat.

The announcements were made by Union Minister J.P. Nadda after a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board in the national capital on Wednesday evening.

Nadda also announced the candidature of Sampatia Uike, a woman tribal leader from Mahakoshal region, from Madhya Pradesh in a by-election to the Rajya Sabha from the state.

IANS