BJP Kerala Leader & MoS George Kurian Files Rajya Sabha Nomination Papers From Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Union Minister of State of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry George Kurian filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Wednesday.

He filed the papers in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Deputy Chief Ministers Rajendra Shukla and Jagdesh Dewda, BJP State President VD Sharma, Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel, and former union minister Satyanarayan Jatia. Before reaching the returning officer at Vidhan Sabha to file his nomination, Kurian went to the BJP office and garlanded the statues of senior leaders of the party.

The BJP has decided to send Kurian, the only Christian minister in the central cabinet, to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. He works as the BJP's National General Secretary in Kerala.

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Notably, one of the 11 Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh fell vacant after Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned following his victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Kurian will win the seat unopposed in the absence of a Congress candidate.

The decision by the BJP's top brass has stunned the senior leaders of the party, like Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya and KP Yadav in Madhya Pradesh, who were expecting their nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat.