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Madhya Pradesh: Jyotiraditya Scindia To Arrive In Bhopal Today; Will Hold Roadshow
Madhya Pradesh: From the airport, Scindia will reach state BJP headquarters, Deendayal Parisar, where he will be accorded welcome at a function.
New Delhi: A day after his induction in the Bharatiya Janata Party, ex-Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will return to his state Madhya State on Thursday. Scindia is scheduled to arrive in Bhopal at around 3 pm on Thursday. A roadshow will be held from Raja Bhoj Airport to BJP office. This will be former Congress leader's first visit to the state capital after joining the BJP.
From the airport, Scindia will reach state BJP headquarters, Deendayal Parisar, where he will be accorded welcome at a function.
Scindia, will file his nomination papers for the March 26 Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh here on Friday, said a saffron party spokesman.
On Wednesday, the BJP named Scindia as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, where three seats are falling vacant, soon after he joined the party.
After resigning from the Congress on Tuesday morning, Scindia joined the BJP in presence of party president J P Nadda in Delhi.
Madhya Pradesh BJP Media Cell in-charge Lokendra Parashar said the 49-year-old former Lok Sabha MP will file his nomination papers on Friday afternoon. Scindia ji will file the nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls after garlanding the statues of BJP leaders, including Deendayal Upadhyaya and Rajmata Scindia, around noon on Friday, Parashar said.
Of the three seats falling vacant in the state, two are held by the BJP and one by the Congress.
(with inputs from PTI)
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