In a major political development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Shubhendu Shekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-elections scheduled for July 24, just hours after the three leaders formally joined the party from the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The bypolls were necessitated after all three leaders resigned from their Rajya Sabha seats before switching allegiance to the BJP.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced on Saturday that the probe report investigating corruption allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in the Lok Sabha during the upcoming Monsoon Session, scheduled to begin on July 20, 2026.
