Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Amit Shah filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat on Friday. Shah was accompanied by Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani and senior party leader Anandiben Patel to the Election Commission office.
Currently, a MLA in Gujarat, Shah will be making his debut in Parliament once he is elected.
The BJP on Tuesday declared that Shah and union textiles minister, Smriti Irani will contest Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat. Shah, who was elected as an MLA from Sarkhej in four consecutive elections in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2007 was involved in scripting BJP’s victory in 2014 Assembly polls.
Irani’s Rajya Sabha term from Gujarat will end on 18 August. She will be re-nominated by the BJP for the seat.
