BJP Names Kanad Purkayastha As Party Candidate From Assam For Upcoming Rajya Sabha Polls, Check Who Is He?

Assam Rajya Sabha Elections: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday named Kanad Purkayastha as its candidate from Assam in the Rajya Sabha election. The poll for the Upper House is slated to be held on June 19 (Thursday).

Two seats in Assam are vacant after Sarbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa won the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

The Election Commission of India announced biennial polls for Rajya Sabha seats in Assam and Tamil Nadu on June 19.

Who Is Kanad Purkayastha?

BJP leader Kanad Purkayastha is the party's secretary in Assam, and the son of former Union Minister Kabrindra Purkayastha, who served as the minister of state for communication under the PM Atal Bihar Vajpayee Cabinet.

Kamal Haasan Files His Nomination

Earlier, from Tamil Nadu, actor Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin.

BJP leader H Raja took a dig at the actor-turned-politician Haasan, saying that the actor "mortgaged election symbol to DMK for an RS seat.

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"Everyone knows what Kamal Haasan did in the past. He opposed the DMK's freebies and corrupt rule. He even said he would never form an alliance with the DMK. Now, out of embarrassment, he has mortgaged his torchlight election symbol to the DMK in exchange for a Rajya Sabha seat. It is a waste of time to talk about him," Raja said on Friday.