Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:48pm on 04 Oct 2026,Sunday Politics
The BJP on Sunday announced Dinesh Arya and actor Rukmini, popularly known as Koel Mallick, as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Uttarakhand and West Bengal, respectively. Biennial polls for 11 seats, 10 from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand, will be held on October 16, along with a bypoll in West Bengal. Mallick, a former Trinamool Congress leader, will contest the bypoll after joining the BJP following the TMC's defeat in the Assembly elections. Arya, who has ties to the RSS and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, is vice chairperson of Uttarakhand's Water Resources Management and Regulatory Commission. (PC: The Indian Express)
