Surjewala, who has not won any major election in recent times and Imran Pratapgarhi, who contested and lost 2019 general elections to Samajwadi Party's S T Hasan, are being nominated to Rajya Sabha.
19 Indian Army soldiers were injured including 7 who lost their lives after the bus carrying them fell in the Shyok river in the Turtuk sector of Ladakh.