India, June 8 -- Manipur's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Adhikarimayum (A.) Sarda Devi filed her nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from the state on Monday.

Sarda Devi submitted her nomination papers before the returning officer at the Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat in presence of Manipur chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, home minister Govindas Konthoujam, BJP legislators, and senior party leaders, along with alliance party MLAs.

She is the first woman to serve as the BJP's state president in Manipur and is now the party's nominee for the Rajya Sabha from the state.

The election for Manipur's Rajya Sabha seat will be held on June 18.

According to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) notificatio...