‘Matter Of Immense Pride,’ PM Modi On BJP’s First RS Seat From Puducherry

Mumbai: With the BJP getting its first Rajya Sabha member from Puducherry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it is a matter of great pride for every member of the party.

Modi congratulated Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan on being elected to the Rajya Sabha.

PM Modi tweeted: “It is a matter of immense pride for every BJP Karyakarta that our Party has got its first-ever Rajya Sabha MP from Puducherry in Shri S. Selvaganabathy Ji. The trust placed in us by the people of Puducherry is humbling. We will keep working for Puducherry’s progress.”

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Selvaganapathy was on Monday elected unopposed to the lone seat in Rajya Sabha from Puducherry. The BJP is in power in alliance with the AINRC in the union territory.

The Prime Minister also tweeted “Congratulations to my Ministerial colleagues, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Ji and Shri L Murugan Ji on being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam and Madhya Pradesh respectively. I am confident that they will enrich Parliamentary proceedings and further our agenda of public good,” he tweeted.

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On Monday, Sonowal and Murugan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Assam and Madhya Pradesh respectively. Newly appointed Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev was also elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal.

The court had asked the Election Commission to explain why it would create a constitutional crisis if the by-polls were not held in Bhabnipur.

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