Former Union minister and businessman Kamal Morarka today filed his nomination for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan as an independent candidate supported by Opposition Congress, NPP and independent MLAs.
Today was the last date for filing nomination papers.
Congress MLAs Ghanshyam, Girraj Singh, BSP MLAs Manoj Kumar, Pooranmal Saini, NPP's Navin Pilania, Kirori Lal, Golma Devi and Geeta Verma, Independent legislators Anju Devi Dhanka and Hanuman Beniwal were the proposers, returning officer Pritvi Raj said.
Before filing the nomination, Morarka held a meeting with the Opposition leader Rameshwar Dudi at the latter's residence.
BJP candidate Harsh Vardhan Singh also filed a second set of nomination papers today. He had already filed the nomination yesterday along with three other candidates of the party - Venkaiah Naidu, Om Prakash Mathur and Ramkumar Sharma.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on June 1 and the last date for nomination withdrawal is June 3. If necessary, polling will take place for four Rajya Sabha seats on June 11.
