Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the list of 9 candidates from across the country for the Rajya Sabha by-elections. In this, Darhysheel Patil from Maharashtra has been given a chance. Meanwhile, there is a discussion in the political circles of the state that BJP has played a masterstroke by giving Patil a chance for this election. After this, these two seats were vacant. Meanwhile, many members of the party were fielding on these two seats of BJP. However, BJP gave one of these seats to NCP and gave a chance to Dharishsheel Patil in the other seat. Due to this, the dream of Rajya Sabha candidature of many in BJP has been shattered. Former leader of Raigad Farmer Workers Party and ex-MLA Dhairyasheel Patil joined BJP in March 2023. Dhairyasheel Patil is a former MLA from PEN and has contested assembly elections from there in 2014 and 2019. In 2014, he was defeated by about 4 thousand votes. In 2018, he had to accept defeat from BJP by 24 thousand votes.