In 2024, 68 Rajya Sabha members, including Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bhupender Yadav, are set to retire. With 57 leaders completing their terms in April, vacancies will arise across various states, notably Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, and others.


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In April, 57 leaders will complete their terms, including railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, environment minister Bhupender Yadav, health minister Mansukh Madaviya, and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The state of Uttar Pradesh will have the most vacancies, with ten, followed by Maharashtra and Bihar (six each), Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal (five each), Karnataka and Gujarat (four each), Odisha, Telangana, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh (three each), Jharkhand and Rajasthan (two each), and Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh (one each).

 

Source: NDTV

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Sixty Rajya Sabha MPs from the BJP, including nine Union ministers, are among the 68 whose terms are coming to an end this year, and many of them are expected to run for Lok Sabha, giving others a chance. In April, 57 leaders will complete their terms, including railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, environment minister Bhupender Yadav, health minister Mansukh Madaviya, and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The state of Uttar Pradesh will have the most vacancies, with ten, followed by Maharashtra and Bihar (six each), Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal (five each), Karnataka and Gujarat (four each), Odisha, Telangana, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh (three each), Jharkhand and Rajasthan (two each), and Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh (one each). In July, four nominated members will retire.

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