Jaipur, June 11 -- The ruling BJP nominees Dr Satish Poonia and Dr Alka Gurjar and Neeraj Dangi of the Congress were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
The biennial elections were being held for filling 3 Upper House seats from Rajasthan, polling for which was scheduled on June 18, 2926.
However, the trio of Poonia and Gurjar (BJP) and Dangi (Cong) were the only contestants who filed nominations for as many seats. Their nominations were found valid and in order during scrutiny on June 9, the deadline for withdrawal was until today, Thursday.
After lapse of deadline for withdrawal this afternoon, the Returning Officer Bharat Bhushan Sharma declared Poonia, Gurjar and Dangi elected unopposed.
The Returning...