BJP's Rajya Sabha Masterplan: Observers Appointed for Bihar, Haryana, Odisha

• BJP President Nitin Naveen appointed central observers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, Haryana, and Odisha.
• Union Minister Harsh Malhotra and Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Vijay Sharma for Bihar; Gujarat Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi for Haryana; Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule for Odisha.
• Haryana's two Rajya Sabha seats see a three-way contest: BJP's Sanjay Bhatia, Congress's Karamvir Singh Bodh, and independent Satish Nandal.
• Each candidate in Haryana requires 31 votes for election; BJP has 48 MLAs, Congress 37, INLD 2, and 3 independents.
• In Chhattisgarh, BJP's Laxmi Verma and Congress's Phulo Devi Netam were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.