India, March 3 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced its candidates for the 2026 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, nominating representatives from six states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Odisha and West Bengal.

In a press statement issued from its central office in New Delhi, the party said its Central Election Committee has approved the names for the upcoming polls scheduled for March 16.

From Assam, the BJP has fielded Terash Gowalla, 51, and Jogen Mohan, 62 - both considered key figures in the party's organisational expansion in upper Assam.

Gowalla is a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Duliajan constituency in Dibrugarh district.

In 2018, he briefly resigned from ...