New Delhi: The BJP on Monday announced four candidates for Rajya Sabha polls which is scheduled to go on June 10^th. BJP OBC wing Chief K Laxman from Hyderabad has been fielded from Uttar Pradesh, Sumitra Valmiki from Madhya Pradesh, Lal Singh Sirhoya from Karnataka and Mithilesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, according to a statement issued by the BJP.

The BJP had on Sunday announced 18 candidates for the polls. Names of some prominent BJP leaders, including Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Prakash Javadekar and O P Mathur, were missing from the list. With this, the BJP has announced a total of 22 candidates for the election on June 10^th to fill 57 Rajya Sabha seats from various states.