Third outsider gets Parliament entry from state

BHOPAL: With the BJP nominating Tamil Nadu leader iLA Ganeshan in the coming Rajya Sabha bypolls, he will become the third outsider to represent Madhya Pradesh in the Upper House.
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar and Union minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar are the two other outsiders representing the state in the Rajya Sabha. In a state where BJP has been in power for three consecutive terms with an impressive majority in the assembly, the party has sent outsiders to represent Madhya Pradesh in the Upper House.Incidentally, even Union minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj, who represents Vidisha constituency in the Lok Sabha, is also not a resident of the state.Madhya Pradesh has 11 seats in the Rajya Sabha. Other members from the state are BJP national vice-president Prabhat Jha, Union minister for social justice Thawar Chand Gehlot, renowned lawyer and Congress MP Vivek Tankha, veteran BJP leader Satyanarayan Jatiya, former chief minister Digvijaya Singh, Union minister of state for environment and forests Anil Madhav Dave, Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi and state BJP leader Meghraj Jain.