BJP nominates Sudhanshu Trivedi, Satish Dubey for RS bypolls to UP, Bihar

BJP nominates Sudhanshu Trivedi and Satish Chandra Dubey for the Rajya Sabha bypolls to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, respectively.

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday named its spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi and former Lok Sabha MP Satish Dubey as the party's Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar respectively.

The deaths of BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who was a RJD MP to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, necessitated the bypolls.

The BJP is certain of winning the seats due to the big majority it has in the two states, where it enjoys support of allies like JD(U) and LJP.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, BJP state spokesperson Harishchandra Shrivastava said, "I congratulate Sudhanshu Trivedi. He knows to represent things in a well-mannered way. I congratulate him on behalf of all party workers."

Sudhanshu Trivedi will file nomination papers at Vidhan Bhavan on Friday at 1:00 pm. BJP leaders including Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh will be present during filing of nomination.