Jyotiraditya, Diggy and Solanki elected to RS from MP
Bhopal/UNI: BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh were declared elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
However, Phool Singh Baraiya of Congress could not make it to the portals of the Council of States.
Counting of votes concluded late evening. All 206 lawmakers participated in the electoral process, the break-up being BJP 107, Congress 92, Bahujan Samaj Party two, Samajwadi Party one and four independents.
This is former chief minister Digvijay Singh's second successive tenure in the upper house while Scindia and Solanki are the new entrants to the 'House of Elders' though Scindia commands considerable Lok Sabha experience.
Scindia could not be present during the electoral process as he is recovering from Covid-19 in the national capital. The other three contestants were present in the Assembly premises during voting and until announcement of the outcome.
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