Rajya Sabha polls: BJP fields Dinesh Arya from Uttarakhand, Koel Mallick from Bengal
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Dinesh Arya and Koel Mallick as candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections on October 16. Arya, an organizational leader, is currently vice chairperson of Uttarakhand's Water Resources Management Commission. Mallick, a former Trinamool Congress MP and actor, will contest a West Bengal bypoll after joining the BJP following a TMC split.