New Delhi, June 7 -- The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, as well as the biennial Legislative Council elections in Karnataka for 2026.

For the Rajya Sabha elections, the BJP has nominated Mahesh Kewat from Madhya Pradesh and Prof Dr M Nagaraja from Karnataka.

In the Karnataka Legislative Council biennial elections, the party has selected Lingaraj Patil and Raghu Kautilya as its candidates.

Meanwhile, political activity intensified across the country as candidates vying for seats in the Upper House of Parliament officially filed their nominations, with the deadline for filing nominations ...