Summary:
Bhopal, Sep 21 (PTI) Union minister Loganathan Murugan on Tuesday filed his nomination papers as a BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh for the next month"s bypoll to the Rajya Sabha.
Murugan is set to be elected unopposed given the BJP"s strength in the 230-member Legislative Assembly.
Given its numerical strength compared to the BJP, the Congress will not field a candidate for the bypoll, necessitated due to the resignation of sitting MP Thawar Chand Gehlot after he was appointed as the governor of Karnataka, sources said.
Murugan, the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Fisheries, Dairy and Animal Husbandry, filed his nomination papers in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state unit BJP president Vishnu Dutt Sharma.
He submitted his nomination papers to AP Singh, Madhya Pradesh Assembly"s principal secretary and returning officer for the bypoll, in the Vidhan Sabha premises.
Murugan, who hails from Tamil Nadu, was inducted into the Union cabinet recently.