The BJP on Wednesday announced "prabharis" or in-charges for the Rajya Sabha elections in four specific States where the party has either furnished an "extra" candidate or is backing an Independent and where actual polling will be taking place on June 10. These States are Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been made in charge of Rajasthan, where the BJP is backing media baron Subhash Chandra who filed nomination papers as an Independent on Tuesday.
The State has four seats in the fray, and the Congress has announced three candidates, and the BJP announced one. For the third candidate of the Congress to be elected, they will require the support of Independent MLAs and members of other, smaller parties.
