Tribune News Service

New Delhi March 7

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will contest Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh, Health Minister JP Nadda from Himachal Pradesh and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from Madhya Pradesh, the BJP’s central election committee announced today.Jaitley is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat and Pradhan from Bihar. The list of eight senior party leaders for the coming Rajya Sabha elections from various states includes seven Union Ministers and party general secretary Bhupendra Yadav.The other, besidfes Jaitley and Pradhan, will contest from the states they have been elected from. Social Justice Minister Thawarchand Gehlot will contest from Madhya Pradesh, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Bihar and Nadda from Himachal.Union Ministers Parshottam Rupala and Manusukh Mandaviya will contest from Gujarat and Bhupendra Yadav from Rajasthan.The term of all seven leaders ends on April 2.