Highlights 1 Amit Shah, 52, is also an MLA from Gujarat's Naranpura constituency. 2 There are a total of 11 Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat. 3 The term in Rajya Sabha of BJP's Smriti Irani and Congress' Ahmed Patel ends on August 18. The party after its parliamentary board meeting announced that party president, Amit Shah has been nominated to contest the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat. The BJP now has also decided to field Smriti Irani from Gujarat for the August 8 elections to the Upper House of Parliament.

Source: India Today July 26, 2017 15:25 UTC