Rajya Sabha tangle: Negotiation continues in MVA, BJP issues list of four candidates
The Hindu
Negotiations continue in Maharashtra as MVA seeks consensus on Rajya Sabha candidate amid BJP's announcement of four nominees.
With one day remaining for the last day of filing nominations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has not yet arrived at a consensus on their candidate for the election. Meanwhile, the BJP on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) announced its list of four candidates for Maharashtra.
NCP’s Parth Pawar will file his nomination on Thursday (March 5, 2026), party sources said.
The Rajya Sabha elections are going to be held on March 16. Of the 37 seats from 10 States which will go to polls, seven seats are from Maharashtra. As per the formula and the strength of each alliance, the Mahayuti can get six candidates, while the MVA can get one candidate elected if the opposition arrives at a consensus over the candidate.
If more than seven candidates are fielded, election will be held on March 16.
While NCP(SP) President and sitting Rajya Sabha member Sharad Pawar, whose term ends next month, has not yet officially spoken on the issue, his party has insisted that he should be named the MVA candidate. NCP(SP) State president Jayant Patil and MP Supriya Sule met Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) night to hold discussion on the issue.
“Congress and Shiv Sena will sit together with us. We will take a decision thereafter. No decision has been taken as yet. All of us insist that Pawar saaheb should be in Delhi for MVA and for NCP(SP),” Jayant Patil said on Wednesday (March 4, 2026).
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