BJP drops all 8 Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members - what it means

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What happened

The outgoing BJP members, apart from Hardeep Singh Puri and BL Verma, are Arun Singh, Neeraj Shekhar, Geeta Shakya, Brijlal and Seema Dwivedi.

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  • Reported by Times of India and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:13:58 UTC.

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