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BJP nominates Union minister of state for fisheries L Murugan for Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh

CHENNAI: BJP on Saturday named L Murugan, Union minister of state for fisheries, as its candidate for the bypoll to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Though there was a tough fight among BJP leaders in MP for the seat, the party picked the former TN unit chief.

The bypoll would be held for seven seats, including two from Tamil Nadu, on October 4. Murugan had unsuccessfully contested against DMK candidate in Dharapuram constituency in the last assembly poll. Before he was appointed as TN BJP chief, he was vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.

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