{
  "id": 15952442,
  "title": "BJP Leaders Set Their Eyes On Former Union Minister L. Murugan Rajya Sabha Seat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/bjp-leaders-set-their-eyes-on-former-union-minister-l-murugan-rajya",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bjp-leaders-set-their-eyes-on-former-union-minister-l-murugan-rajya-sabha-seat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: In anticipation of the upcoming by-election for a Rajya Sabha seat, political leaders in the state have begun lobbying for the position, which will be vacated by former Union Minister L. Murugan upon his resignation. Murugan had been serving in the Rajya Sabha for three and a half years. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dominated the recent state Rajya Sabha elections, securing all three seats. Several BJP leaders, including Arvind Bhadoria, Rahul Kothari, Ashish Agarwal, Vinod Gotiya, Shailendra Barua, and Ranjana Baghel, are vying for the opportunity to represent the state in the Rajya Sabha. However, it remains uncertain whether a central leader will assume the position or if a state leader will fill the vacancy left by Murugan. The name of Vanthi Shrinivasan, a former legislator from Tamil Nadu and the national president of the women's wing of the BJP, has also generated discussions regarding her potential candidacy for the Rajya Sabha seat. It is possible that the party might send a central leader to the Rajya Sabha to replace Murugan, similar to their sending of Tarun Chug to the Rajya Sabha earlier.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The by-election for a Rajya Sabha seat will take place in the state after the resignation of former union minister L. Murugan from the ministry and the RS membership. He had three and a half years of tenure left in the Rajya Sabha. Leaders of the state have begun to lobby for the seat in place of Murugan. In the recent Rajya Sabha elections in the state, the BJP won all…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}