Overview

• Constitution Club holds its first contested secretary (administration) election on August 12 after Rajiv Pratap Rudy’s unchallenged 25-year tenure.
• Sanjeev Balyan has secured backing from MPs Nishikant Dubey and C. M. Ramesh and is deploying senior leaders to enlist support across multiple states.
• Rudy is drawing on an entrenched network and claiming a lead through absentee postal ballots while highlighting facility upgrades delivered during his tenure.
• The contest reflects caste alignments with Rudy rallying Thakur MPs and Balyan courting Jat lawmakers alongside cross-party outreach.
• Over 1,200 current and former MPs are eligible to vote, underscoring the club’s significance as a key parliamentary networking hub in Lutyens’ Delhi.