India, Feb. 14 -- By nominating Medha Kulkarni for Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party, among other things, retained a representation of Pune in the Upper House. Among the six leaders to retire on April 2 from Rajya Sabha include Prakash Javadekar, a Pune-based leader politician who as a BJP member served in various capacities at the Centre.

Not re-nominating Javadekar has brought an end the leader's long tenure in the Rajya Sabha, with his prospects in electoral politics also likely to cease even as he is likely to be active in the party organisation.

Javadekar, 73, is currently the party's incharge for Kerala, a politically difficult state for the BJP.

First elected to the Upper House as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in...