BJP Names Railway Minister Aswini Vaishnaw For Rajya Sabha Polls From Odisha

Setting aside all speculations, the BJP has announced Railway Minister Aswini Vaishnaw’s name for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on February 27.

The Central Election Committee of the party has released a list of Rajya Sabha candidates nominating Vaishnaw from Odisha.

भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केन्द्रीय चुनाव समिति ने दो राज्यों में होने वाले आगामी राज्यसभा के द्विवार्षिक चुनाव हेतु निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। pic.twitter.com/HcCb8iRDVj

— BJP (@BJP4India) February 14, 2024

In 2019, Vaishnaw was elected to the Upper House from Odisha with the support of BJD.

BJD’s two candidates, Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia, filed the nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday. Vaishnaw’s name was doing rounds for his re-election to the Upper House from Odisha.

The Railway Minister, who hails from Rajasthan, was an Odisha-cadre IAS officer serving Collector of Cuttack and Balasore districts.