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RS Bypolls: Ex-NCW Chief And BJP Nominee Rekha Sharma Elected Unopposed

BJP leader Rekha Sharma filed her nomination for the bypoll from Haryana on Tuesday; she was the lone candidate in the fray.

RS Bypolls: Ex-NCW Chief And BJP Nominee Rekha Sharma Elected Unopposed
Ex-NCW Chief And BJP Nominee Rekha Sharma (ETV Bharat)
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By PTI

Published : 3 hours ago

Chandigarh: Former National Commission for Women chairperson and BJP leader Rekha Sharma has been declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on Friday.

Sharma had filed her nomination for the bypoll from Haryana here on Tuesday. She was the lone candidate in the fray. The BJP had on Monday announced Sharma's name for the December 20 Rajya Sabha polls.

Accompanied by Haryana Minister Mahipal Dhanda and former Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, Sharma was given a certificate by the Returning Officer after being declared elected unopposed. The opposition had not fielded a candidate for the by-polls.

In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP enjoys a majority having 48 members, the Congress has 37 seats, the INLD has two while three are Independents. The Independents also support the Nayab Singh Saini government.

The Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana fell vacant when Krishan Lal Panwar of the BJP had quit his seat following his election as an MLA in the state assembly polls held in October.

Panwar is now a Development and Panchayat Minister in the BJP government in Haryana.

Of the five RS seats in Haryana, Subhash Barala, Ram Chander Jangra and Kiran Choudhry are BJP members and after Rekha Sharma was elected unopposed, the number of ruling party members in the Upper House rose to four. Kartikeya Sharma is an Independent member.

Chandigarh: Former National Commission for Women chairperson and BJP leader Rekha Sharma has been declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on Friday.

Sharma had filed her nomination for the bypoll from Haryana here on Tuesday. She was the lone candidate in the fray. The BJP had on Monday announced Sharma's name for the December 20 Rajya Sabha polls.

Accompanied by Haryana Minister Mahipal Dhanda and former Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, Sharma was given a certificate by the Returning Officer after being declared elected unopposed. The opposition had not fielded a candidate for the by-polls.

In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP enjoys a majority having 48 members, the Congress has 37 seats, the INLD has two while three are Independents. The Independents also support the Nayab Singh Saini government.

The Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana fell vacant when Krishan Lal Panwar of the BJP had quit his seat following his election as an MLA in the state assembly polls held in October.

Panwar is now a Development and Panchayat Minister in the BJP government in Haryana.

Of the five RS seats in Haryana, Subhash Barala, Ram Chander Jangra and Kiran Choudhry are BJP members and after Rekha Sharma was elected unopposed, the number of ruling party members in the Upper House rose to four. Kartikeya Sharma is an Independent member.

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