BJP retains former Amritsar candidate Hardeep Puri in Parliament ahead of Punjab polls

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday nominated union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Punjab's Amritsar constituency, for a Rajya Sabha by-election in Madhya Pradesh, a development that comes months before Punjab's 2027 Assembly elections. The nomination offers Puri a route to continue in Parliament after his current Rajya Sabha term from Uttar Pradesh expires on November 25. The decision follows speculation about his parliamentary future after the BJP left him out of its recent list of Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh. "The Central Election Committee…