Archive · 5 Oct 2026
BJP Drops Hardeep Singh Puri From Rajya Sabha Candidate List
The BJP has chosen its candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Hardeep Singh Puri, a Union minister, was not on the party’s list, along with seven other BJP members from the state.
The BJP nominated eight people for the eight seats it currently holds.
Two of its candidates are women.
The article says the party is expected to keep all eight seats because of the numbers in the state Assembly.
Puri’s term in the Rajya Sabha ends on November 25.
A minister must belong to one of Parliament’s two Houses within six months to remain in the Cabinet.
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri was not included among the BJP’s Rajya Sabha candidates.
The BJP also dropped seven other party Rajya Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh.
The party nominated eight candidates for Uttar Pradesh’s 10 Rajya Sabha seats, including two women.
Based on the state Assembly’s composition, the BJP is expected to retain all eight seats it holds.
Puri’s current Rajya Sabha term ends on November 25; a minister who is in neither House for six consecutive months ceases to be part of the Cabinet.
- Who
- The BJP, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, and its Rajya Sabha candidates.
- What
- The BJP released candidates for Rajya Sabha elections without renominating Puri and seven other party MPs from Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- The elections are scheduled for October 16; Puri’s term ends on November 25.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, with Puri also absent from the BJP’s lists for Uttarakhand and West Bengal seats.
- Why
- The article does not state why Puri or the other MPs were not renominated.
- Election date
- October 16
- Uttar Pradesh seats up for election
- 10
- Seats currently held by BJP in Uttar Pradesh
- 8
- BJP candidates nominated in Uttar Pradesh
- 8
- Women candidates
- Priyanka Singh Rawat and Shruti Gangwar
- Puri’s Rajya Sabha term ends
- November 25
- Ministerial membership rule
- A minister who is not a member of either House of Parliament for six consecutive months ceases to be part of the Cabinet.