Rajya Sabha after getting elected to Lok Sabha resigned Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kanimozhi

By SHEETAL CHAVAN | published: May 29, 2019 06:00 PM 2019-02-12T14:15:30+5:30

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The three leaders resigned from the upper house BJP president Amit Shah, union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and DMK leader Kanimozhi on Wednesday resigned as Rajya Sabha members.

The BJP president created history by winning the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 5.57 lakh votes against his nearest Congress rival CJ Chavda. Shah polled 8.94 lakh votes, while Chavda secured 3.37 lakh votes. Ravi Shankar Prasad won his first Lok Sabha election, defeating his colleague-turned opponent Shatrughan Sinha by more than 2.84 lakh votes from Patna Sahib. Prasad garnered 6.07 lakh votes while Sinha, who joined Congress earlier this year, managed 3.22 lakh votes.

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