BJP leader Rekha Sharma gets elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
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Chandigarh: BJP leader Rekha Sharma has declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana on Friday. The former National Commission for Women chairperson was elected so after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on the day, PTI reported.
Sharma had filed her nomination for the bypoll from Haryana here on Tuesday. She was the lone candidate in the fray.
The BJP announced Sharma's name on Monday for the December 20 Rajya Sabha bypolls.
Accompanied by Haryana Minister Mahipal Dhanda and former Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, Sharma was given a certificate by the Returning Officer after being declared elected unopposed.
The opposition had not fielded a candidate for the bypolls.
In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP enjoys a majority, having 48 members; Congress has 37 seats, the INLD has two, and three are Independents. The Independents also support the Nayab Singh Saini government.
The Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana fell vacant when Krishan Lal Panwar of the BJP quit his seat following his election as an MLA in the state assembly polls held in October.
Panwar is now a Development and Panchayat Minister in the BJP government in Haryana.
Of the five RS seats in Haryana, Subhash Barala, Ram Chander Jangra, and Kiran Choudhry are BJP members and after Rekha Sharma was elected unopposed, the number of ruling party members in the Upper House rose to four. Kartikeya Sharma is an Independent member.