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Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday morning, is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party later in the evening, people aware of the development said.

There was no word on what transpired at Jyotiraditya Scindia’s meeting with Amit Shah and PM Modi.

A central election committee meeting of the BJP had been scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening to finalise the names for the candidates for the upcoming March 26 Rajya Sabha elections.

“So far it seems likely that he will formally join the BJP and his name could be proposed as a candidate from the BJP’s side in Madhya Pradesh,” said a BJP functionary.

Elections will be held to fill three seats falling vacant from the state; while the BJP and the Congress were both eyeing one seat each, both parties were readying for a contest on the third.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday morning, is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party later in the evening, people aware of the development said.

There was no word on what transpired at Jyotiraditya Scindia’s meeting with Amit Shah and PM Modi.

A central election committee meeting of the BJP had been scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening to finalise the names for the candidates for the upcoming March 26 Rajya Sabha elections.

“So far it seems likely that he will formally join the BJP and his name could be proposed as a candidate from the BJP’s side in Madhya Pradesh,” said a BJP functionary.

Elections will be held to fill three seats falling vacant from the state; while the BJP and the Congress were both eyeing one seat each, both parties were readying for a contest on the third.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday morning, is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party later in the evening, people aware of the development said.

There was no word on what transpired at Jyotiraditya Scindia’s meeting with Amit Shah and PM Modi.

A central election committee meeting of the BJP had been scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening to finalise the names for the candidates for the upcoming March 26 Rajya Sabha elections.

“So far it seems likely that he will formally join the BJP and his name could be proposed as a candidate from the BJP’s side in Madhya Pradesh,” said a BJP functionary.

Elections will be held to fill three seats falling vacant from the state; while the BJP and the Congress were both eyeing one seat each, both parties were readying for a contest on the third.