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Rajya Sabha elections for four seats are to be held on June 10 as per the announcement by the Election Commission of India. Which of the following Union Minister among the following is an elected RS member of the Rajasthan legislative assembly?

A.
Prakash Javadekar
B.
S. JaiShankar
C.
Bhupendar Yadav
D.
Nirmala Sitharaman

Solution:

The correct answer is Bhupendar Yadav. Bhupendar Yadav, the Union Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment, and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is a Rajya Sabha Member, representing the state of Rajasthan. He was first elected as an RS member from Rajasthan state in 2012, later he was re-elected in 2018. Election Commission has announced elections for four Rajya Sabha seats of the Rajasthan state since these are going to fall vacant in July. The state of Rajasthan has 200 assembly constituencies. Additional InformationUpper house of assembly - the Rajya Sabha. ?First session- 13th May 1952. Main Agenda- To protect the rights of states. The fourth Schedule in the constitution refers to the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to states and UTs. Maximum seats allocated - 250. Present allocated seats - 245. Nominated by President - 12 members. Only three UTs have representation in the Rajya Sabha they are - Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, and Puducherry. Each member is elected for a term of 6 years and one-third of the members retire every second year and are replaced by new.

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