New Delhi, June 24
The BJP on Monday named External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as its candidate for a Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat, hours after he joined the saffron party in the presence of its working president JP Nadda.
Jaishankar, a career diplomat and former foreign secretary, was inducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his government and given the high profile ministry in a surprise development. He was sworn in as a Cabinet minister along with other members of the government on May 30.
A minister who is not a member of Parliament has to be elected as its member within six months of his or her swearing in. His joining the BJP was a mere formality after he was inducted in the government. He became a party member at a ceremony at its office in Parliament. — TNS
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