NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting, Forest and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections from Bhopal.

The Minister’s term as a Rajya Sabha member came to an end on 2 April this year. He had been a member of the Upper House since 3 April 2008.

Accompanied by his ministerial colleague and state Bharatiya Janata Party president Narendra Singh Tomar and his wife Prachi Javadekar, the Minister filed two sets of nomination papers before the returning officer Bhagwandev Ishrani at the Madhya Pradesh assembly premises in the presence of party leaders over the weekend.