JD-U's Ramnath Thakur, Harivansh and Kahkashan Perween and BJP's C P Thakur and R K Sinha elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.
“They have been declared elected after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers ended at 4 pm on Friday. In the absence of other candidates, there will be no formal election,” an official said.
Last week JD-U announced three new faces for the elections to the Rajya Sabha. The party has not nominated its three retiring MPs -- N K Singh, Shivanand Tiwari and Sabir Ali. They have instead been offered an opportunity to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
On the other hand the BJP re-nominated C P Thakur and named R K Sinha for elections to Rajya Sabha.
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