All three BJP nominees for Rajya Sabha are elected unopposed following a dispute over Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination. Sources report that the Congress fields Meenakshi Natarajan for the third seat and states it has the required numbers for her election. However, her nomination is rejected on June 9, which changes what was expected to be a contested election into an unopposed outcome. With Natarajan’s nomination not accepted, the remaining Rajya Sabha seats for which BJP candidates are in the fray proceed without effective competition, resulting in the BJP nominees being elected unopposed. The development is framed by political parties as a turning point in the run-up to the Rajya Sabha elections for these seats, but official action cited across reports centers on the rejection of Natarajan’s nomination on June 9. As a result, the BJP’s three picks secure the seats without a vote.