External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday meet Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at his residence in Gandhinagar. Dr. S Jaishankar will file nomination for Rajya Sabha today.
External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar formally joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday in presence of Working President JP Nadda at Parliament House. He has been inducted in Narendra Modi‘s 2.0 cabinet as an External Finance Minister.
His election to Rajya Sabha is necessitated as he did not contest the national polls. S Jaishankar will be now a Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat.
He has replaced BJP Stalwart Sushma Swaraj as the latter opted out of the poll race citing her health issues. His induction in the Modi 2.0 cabinet has been praised by many experts saying that this will inspire confidence and further strengthen the US-India strategic ties.
Gujarat: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets CM Vijay Rupani at his residence in Gandhinagar. Dr S Jaishankar will file nomination for Rajya Sabha shortly. pic.twitter.com/JEcJgkCGbz
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Two Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant after BJP Chief Amit Shah and BJP Leader Smriti Irani were elected to 17th Lok Sabha. BJP President Amit Shah who was in the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat has been elected as MP from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Seat with a heavy margin of over 5 Lakh votes.
While Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi from his family’s bastion of Amethi to enter the 17th Lok Sabha.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be BJP’s nominee for Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in any one of the seat. While the party has named OBC youth leader from Mehsana, Jugalji Thakor (Lokhandwala) as its nominee on the second.
Thakor’s name came as a surprise to many. A 49-year-old Leader who is also the secretary Party’s OBC Cell. He is credited with playing an important role in strengthening the party among OBC communities in North Gujarat.
Both Jaishankar and Jugalji will file nomination for the Rajya Sabha by-polls today.
Jaishankar was administrated oath by President Ram Nath Kovind on May 30 in a mega event at Rashtrapati Bhawan along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his other cabinet colleagues.
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