ThePrint. Bhopal resident Rajkumar Lohani on Monday filed his nomination as an independent candidate for the November 12 Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha by-election against BJP nominee and Union Minister. Rajya Sabha bypoll: Congress-backed independent Rajkumar Lohani files nomination against Hardeep Puri in. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri files his nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh.