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New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced Dorjee Tshering Lepcha as the party’s candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Sikkim for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election. The Election Commission has announced that elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from New Delhi and one from Sikkim are likely to be held on January 19. Rajya Sabha MPs from New Delhi — Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta and Narain Dass Gupta — are set to retire when their term ends on January 27, and Sikkim MP Hishey Lachungpa’s on February 23. As per the EC schedule, polling wil…