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Rajya Sabha polls: Fearing horse trading by BJP, Cong MLAs camp in Udaipur

Over 80 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are camping at a hotel in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections to four seats in which the party fears horse trading by BJP.

Jailed NCP leader Deshmukh seeks one-day bail to vote in Rajya Sabha polls

Maharashtra's former HM Deshmukh, currently in jail in a money laundering ca, on Friday approached a special court here seeking bail for one day to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

4 YSRC candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh

Four candidates of the ruling YSR Congress were on Friday declared elected uncontested to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial election from Andhra Pradesh.

Congress' Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

The ruling Congress's nominees Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh on Friday, officials said. "The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon and the two candidates were elected unopposed", state Assembly secretary Dinesh Sharma told PTI. Ranjan received her election certificate from Sharma, while on behalf of Shukla, his brother accepted his certificate. Of the five Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh, the term of two - Chhaya Verma (Congress) and Ramvichar Netam (BJP) - is to expire next month. The other three Rajya Sabha members from the state are KTS Tulsi and Phulodevi Netam of Congress and Saroj Pandey of BJP. Sixty three-year-old Shukla, a journalist-turned-politician, who hails from Uttar Pradesh has served as Rajya Sabha MP thrice in the past. Ranjan is a former Lok Sabha member from Bihar. With the election of Ranjan, there are now three Rajya Sabha members from the state. In the 90-member stat

RS polls: Fearing horse trading by BJP, 70 Congress MLAs camp in Udaipur

Nearly 70 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are camping at a hotel in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections to four seats in which the party fears horse trading by BJP

RS polls: Wary of cross-voting, Cong shifts 28 Haryana MLAs to Chhattisgarh

The Congress has fielded its general secretary Ajay Maken for the elections, while the BJP has nominated Krishan Lal Panwar.

BJP banks on independents to win 4 additional seats in Rajya Sabha polls

The entry of two independents - media barons Subhash Chandra in Rajasthan and Kartikeya Sharma in Haryana - has pepped up the Rajya Sabha polls and made the contest interesting

Subhash Chandra files papers for Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan

Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Haryana and his term is going to expire on August 1

RS polls: Sitharaman, Surjewala, Maken among those to file nominations

Sitharaman, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Rajeev Shukla and media baron Subhas Chandra were among those who filed their nominations on Tuesday for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls.

Seechewal, Sahney file nominations for Rajya Sabha seats from Punjab

Noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and entrepreneur and social activist Vikramjit Singh Sahney filed their nomination papers for two Rajya Sabha seats from Punjab

Rajasthan: Congress, BJP candidates to file nominations for RS polls today

The candidates of the ruling Congress in Rajasthan and opposition BJP will file their nominations on Tuesday for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on June 10. Tuesday is the last day for filing nominations for the biennial polls, which will be held on four seats in the state. Congress has given tickets to senior leaders Mukul Wasnik, Pramod Tiwari and Randeep Singh Surjewala while BJP has named former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari as its candidate. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on June 1, while nominations can be withdrawn till June 3 and if necessary, the voting will be held on June 10. All the three candidates of the Congress party reached Jaipur from Delhi on Monday, the party said. They were received by Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra, party leader Pushpendra Bharadwaj and others. The Congress leaders later made a courtesy visit to Speaker of the Assembly CP Joshi at his residence here. In the evening, they also met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at his

RS nominations for 57 seats in 15 states roil leaders across parties

Elections are due on June 10 and will be an important element in the presidential election to be held in July

Rumblings in Congress after list of 10 candidates for RS polls released

The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for the polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala

BJP's Shambhu Sharan Patel to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls today

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the list of 16 candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections which are scheduled to take place on June 10

Yogi Adityanath discusses strategy for Rajya Sabha in BJP working committee

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working committee on Sunday morning, said the sources.The meeting was held to discuss the preparations for celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's eight years in office and the strategy for the upcoming by-polls to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha biennial elections, and the Legislative Council polls, added the sources.About 600 party officials attended the meeting including Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, State President and minister Swatantra Dev Singh, State General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Sunil Bansal, and National Vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party. Radha Mohan Singh.The meeting was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Center.Earlier on Wednesday, the Election Commission released the schedule for the bypolls to the parliamentary and assembly constituencies in five states and Delhi. The bypolls will be held in Punjab, ...

Akhilesh uses RS elections to forge alliances for 2024 Lok Sabha elections

If political analysts are to be believed, Akhilesh's reason for supporting Kapil Sibal is that it will give the party a loud voice in the Rajya Sabha, while the internal differences in the party will

AAP fields two Padma Shree awardees for Rajya Sabha polls from Punjab

The AAP has fielded environmental activist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal and businessman-turned-philanthropist Vikramjit Singh Sahney for the Rajya Sabha polls from Punjab

Seechewal, Sahney to be AAP candidates for Rajya Sabha from Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party nominated environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal and entrepreneur, philanthropist, social activist Vikramjit Singh Sahni as its candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from Punjab

Rajya Sabha polls: MVA govt, NCP cornered, misled Sambhaji, says Fadnavis

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said the MVA government and NCP chief Sharad Pawar misled and cornered Sambhaji Chhatrapati in the run up to the polls for six Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra

Samajwadi Party fields RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary for Rajya Sabha polls

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary will be the joint candidate of the Samajwadi Party and RLD for the Rajya Sabha elections