The BJP has announced nine names for the coming by-election for Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament. The candidates include union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu for Rajasthan and George Kurian for Madhya Pradesh. There is also Kiran Chaudhary for Haryana, Mamta Mohanta for Odisha, Rajeev Bhattacharjee for Tripura, Dhairyashil Patil for Maharashtra, Manan Kumar Mishra for Bihar, Mission Ranjan Das for Assam and Rameshwar Teli.