Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu has been named the BJP’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Rajasthan. He is the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh and is currently the Minister of State for Railways in the Modi 3.0 government.
Rajasthan has a total of 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Out of these, five are with Congress and four with the BJP. One seat is currently vacant. The election is to be held for this seat. If the BJP manages to win the vacant seat, both Congress and BJP will have 5 seats each.
Meanwhile, Bittu’s nomination will bring a positive impact on the BJP as Rajasthan shares a border with Punjab – the home state of the Union Minister. According to sources, places like Ganganagar where the BJP could not put up an impressive show during the Assembly polls is expected to benefit. Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP, is the Minister of State for Railways and the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Modi 3.0 government.
Previously, he was a member of the Congress and also represented the party in the lower house of the Parliament. Previously, he was a Congress MP of the Lok Sabha and elected from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency in the 2014 and 2019 general elections.
