NDA fields Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra for Rajya Sabha bypolls
The HinduRashtriya Lok Morcha national president Upendra Kushwaha and BJP leader Manan Kumar Mishra on Wednesday filed the nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha byelections as the candidates of the National Democratic Alliance. Mr. Kushwaha, a former Union Minister, had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election but faced defeat whereas Mr. Mishra is senior advocate in the Supreme Court and chairman of the Bar Council of India. Seats vacant after LS poll Two Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar had fallen vacant after the Lok Sabha election when Misa Bharti of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Vivek Thakur of the BJP became members of the Lower House. The decision to nominate Mr. Kushwaha, despite his electoral loss in the Lok Sabha election, is said to have been taken to keep the Kushwaha community with the NDA.