The two vacancies were created following the election of Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Sarbananda Sonowal to the Lok Sabha, necessitating the selection of new representatives for the Rajya Sabha.
BJP's eighth candidate Sanjay Seth filed his nomination papers in presence of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary along with other ministers here on Thursday.
BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda, along with Govindbhai Dholakia, Mayanakbhai Nayak, and Dr. Jashvantsinh Salamsinh, will fight from Gujarat while Chavan will contest from Maharashtra.
The BJP demanded that the votes of NCP leader Jitendra Awhad, Congress leader Yashomati Thakur and Shiv Sena's Suhas Kande be declared invalid.
The ruling Congress, having a majority of 109 legislators, got the votes of two each from Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) and CPIM, and 13 Independents.
Rajya Sabha polls were held on June 19 in which CPI(M) MLA Poonia voted in favour of the Congress.
Originally the elections were to take place on March 26 for 55 Upper House seats, but 37 candidates have already been elected without a contest and the EC deferred the polls citing the threat of the novel coronavirus.
Deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said the party has enough numbers to win two of the seats and no one is leaving the party.
At least 90 MLAs, both Congress and independents had been moved to the Shiv-Vilas Resort by the Congress fearing poaching by BJP ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls slated to be held on June 19.
The Rajya Sabha elections are slated to be held on June 19 for 24 seats out of which three seats are in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and four are in Gujarat amongst others.
