Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kanimozhi Resign as Rajya Sabha MPs After Being Elected to Lok Sabha
Amit Shah was elected to Rajya Sabha in August 2017 from Gujarat, making his parliamentary debut.
New Delhi, May 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Amit Shah and Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi on Tuesday resigned as Rajya Sabha members after being elected to Lok Sabha.
Amit Shah was elected to Rajya Sabha in August 2017 from Gujarat, making his parliamentary debut. He won his first Lok Sabha election from the Gandhinagar constituency. Arun Jaitley Writes To Narendra Modi, Says 'Request You Not to Induct Me In New Cabinet, Need to Concentrate On Health'.
Ravi Shankar Prasad was elected to the Upper House in March 2018. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Prasad dislodged sitting MP and former BJP member Shatrughan Sinha who fought on a Congress ticket. Amit Shah to be Home Minister? PM Narendra Modi May Induct New Faces in Union Cabinet; Here's Who May Make It to The List.
DMK leader Kanimozhi, who was elected to Rajya Sabha in June 2013, scripted her first win in a general election. She defeated her BJP rival by over 3.47 lakh in Thoothukkudi constituency.
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