No Rajya Sabha ticket for Hardeep Puri, Smriti Irani: What it means for both leaders

The BJP has left Hardeep Singh Puri and Smriti Irani out of its Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha list. Puri faces a parliamentary membership deadline after his current term ends, while Irani will need another electoral or Rajya Sabha route to return to Parliament.

The BJP has left Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and former Union minister Smriti Irani out of its eight-member list for the October 16 Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh, putting fresh focus on what comes next for the two senior leaders.

Puri’s case carries an immediate constitutional question since his current Rajya Sabha term ends on November 25. Irani’s situation is different. She is already back in the BJP’s central organisation as a national general secretary, but remains outside Parliament. Her name had........

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