The ruling BJP on Wednesday fielded a former legislator Babu Desai from North Gujarat and a political dynast Kesridevsinh Zala as two Rajya Sabha candidates besides the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar for the three seats in Gujarat.
The ruling party will bag all three seats since the Opposition Congress is short of numbers and therefore decided to not field any candidate for the biennale Rajya Sabha seats.
The EAM Jaishankar has been repeated by the party while Mr. Desai and Mr. Zala are new candidates in place of outgoing members Jugal Thakor and Dinesh Anavadiya.