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Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on November 5. The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of Union Minister of State L Murugan on October 14. Puri was declared elected after the nomination papers of two other candidates were rejected during scrutiny, leaving him as the sole candidate in the contest. The seat fell vacant as Murugan's term was scheduled to end in April 2030.
Puri, a former Indian Foreign Service officer, served as India's permanent representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013. He entered the Rajya Sabha in January 2018 and was re-elected in 2020. The BJP, which has a majority in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, fielded Puri for the vacant seat.
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