Originally Posted by
upendersingh
Don't mix Prime Ministers with Chief Ministers. In case of Prime Minister there is no need to contest election as one can be chosen through Rajya Sabha as Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha have been chosen and Arun Jaitley has been appointed as Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence Minister despite losing election. Read more about it :
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The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. The remainder of the body is elected by the state and territorial legislatures. Members sit for six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years.
The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions and, unlike the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, is not subject to dissolution. The Rajya Sabha has equal footing in all areas of legislation with Lok Sabha, except in the area of supply, where the Lok Sabha has overriding powers. In the case of conflicting legislation, a joint sitting of the two houses is held. However, since the Lok Sabha has twice as many members as the Rajya Sabha, the former would normally hold the greater power. Only three such joint-sessions have been held; the latest one for the passage of the 2002 Prevention of Terrorism Act. The salary and other benefits for a member of Rajya Sabha are same as for a member of Lok Sabha.
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jab Modi ko delhi se Gujarat bheja gaya tha.. CM bana ke... 2001 mai...
then he had to contest election and he won that.
Modi's beginning as Chief Minister of Gujarat
First term (2001–02)In 2001, Keshubhai Patel's health was failing, and the BJP had lost seats in the by-elections. Allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration were being made, and Patel's standing had been damaged by his administration's handling of the Bhuj Earthquake of 2001.As a result, the BJP's national leadership sought a new candidate for the office of chief minister, and Modi, who had aired his misgivings about Patel's administration, was chosen as a replacement.L. K. Advani, a senior leader of the BJP, did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi's lack of experience in governance. Modi declined an offer to be Patel's deputy chief minister, informing Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayeethat he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all", and on 3 October 2001, Modi was named as the replacement of Patel as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, with the responsibility of preparing the BJP for elections in December 2002. As Chief Minister, Modi's ideas of governance revolved around privatisation and small government, which stood at odds with what political commentator Aditi Phadnis has described as the anti-privatisation, anti-globalisation position of the RSS. On 7 October 2001, Modi was administered the oath of office by the Sunder Singh Bhandari, Governor of Gujarat. He then contested election from Rajkot - II assembly constituency in a by-poll and won by defeating Congress's Ashwin Mehta by 14,728 votes.