BJP Picks Hardeep Puri For Rajya Sabha Bypoll From Madhya Pradesh

What happened: The BJP picked Hardeep Puri, the only Sikh minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, for a Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh. He was earlier elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Why it matters: The nomination moves a sitting cabinet minister's Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh.

The BJP picked Hardeep Puri, the only Sikh minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, for a Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh. He was earlier elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.

The nomination moves a sitting cabinet minister's Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh.