India, Feb. 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced four candidates- a farmer leader, a woman leader and a Dalit seer for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh.

While the party has retained L Murugan, the minister of state (MoS) for information and broadcasting, for the second tenure for the Rajya Sabha, it has named three other candidates - Bal Yogi Sant Umeshnath Maharaj, a Dalit seer and the head of Ujjain's Balmiki Dham Ashram, party's women's wing head Maya Naroliya, and BJP's Kisan Morcha president Bansilal Gurjar.

Umesh Nath Maharaj was named from Ujjain, Maya Narolia from Narmadapuram and Bansilal Gurjar from Mandsaur.

Instead of selecting popular and senior leaders of the BJP, the party decided to ...