Rajya Sabha elections: Lok Sabha-like turmoil, with CMs changing hands, while coalition dharma is being recalled!

New Delhi. This year’s Rajya Sabha elections are also being held with great excitement. Usually, biennial elections are conducted peacefully. Everyone knows their strengths; if there’s cross-voting, they gain an additional seat. Nothing more. But whether it’s Bihar or Maharashtra, this time there’s more excitement. Speculation is rife about Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s entry into the Rajya Sabha. A Bihar minister has stated that Nitish Kumar will make his own decision on whether to enter the Upper House. A meeting today, March 5th, will decide whether Bihar will have a new Chief Minister.

Yes, Nitish Kumar will resign after filing his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha. This will fulfill the BJP’s yearning for a position it has been waiting for for years. If everything goes well, a BJP leader will become the Chief Minister of Bihar. If Nitish Kumar’s nomination is filed today, Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, or another minister could be appointed as CM. Union Minister Nityanand Rai is also being discussed. Meanwhile, Nitish Kumar could propose a JDU leader or Nitish’s son Nishant Kumar as his deputy CM.

– Possible names for the CM candidate from the BJP include Samrat Chaudhary, Vijay Sinha, Nityanand Rai, and Giriraj Singh.

– JDU will have two deputy CMs. CM Nitish’s son Nishant Kumar and Nitish’s trusted aide Vijay Chaudhary are being discussed.

Alliance Dharma in Maharashtra
The BJP has announced the names of four candidates from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha elections. Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has been nominated. The party’s National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, who has emerged as an election strategist, is being considered for the Rajya Sabha. The other two names are Maya Chintaman Iwante and Ramrao Wadkute. An analysis of the names suggests that the BJP has considered caste balance and loyalty in candidate selection. Maya has served as the mayor of Nagpur and is considered close to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Ramrao left the NCP and joined the BJP in 2019. It is being said that coalition dharma has been followed in the selection of the four candidates.

Indeed, the terms of seven MPs from Maharashtra expire in April. The election of all four BJP candidates is almost certain. Ivante, Wadkute, and Tawde belong to the Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Tribe, and Maratha communities, respectively. Athawale is the president of the Republican Party of India (A), an NDA ally and a Scheduled Caste. He has been a minister since 2016. Dissatisfied with the Congress-NCP alliance before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he joined the BJP.

The Shiv Sena and the NCP may send one candidate each to the Upper House. The seventh seat will go to the opposition alliance, the Maha Vikas Aghadi.

The Congress camp is also fulfilling its alliance responsibilities.
Yes, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to win a new term in the Rajya Sabha. The Congress has announced its support for him as the opposition’s candidate from Maharashtra. This seat could be won by the opposition in the elections to the upper house of Parliament, scheduled for March 16. Speculation about the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate has been rife for several days. All three allies—Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT)—had staked claim to this lone seat, which the alliance could win based on its strength in the Assembly.

Who persuaded Uddhav and Rahul?
Yes, there’s an inside story about the opposition alliance uniting around Sharad Pawar. Pawar expressed his desire to contest the elections at the last minute. Following this, Pawar’s daughter, Supriya Sule, persuaded the Congress. She spoke with top Maharashtra Congress leaders. The Maharashtra Congress contacted the Delhi high command regarding Sule’s proposal. Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were also contacted. Ultimately, it was decided that everyone would support Sharad Pawar. Sule also met with Uddhav Thackeray. There was talk that Uddhav Thackeray wanted to send his son, Aditya Thackeray, to the Rajya Sabha. Ultimately, everyone decided to adhere to the alliance’s principles.