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SP's Ram Gopal Yadav files nomination for Rajya Sabha election

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the November 9 Rajya Sabha election, officials said. He reached the Vidhan Bhawan along with party president Akhilesh Yadav and other senior leaders to file his candidature. The election to 10 seats of Rajya Sabha in Uttar Pradesh is scheduled for November 9. Ram Gopal Yadav, whose tenure in the Upper House of Parliament is due to end next month, was the only candidate to file the nomination papers on Wednesday, they said. The main opposition Samajwadi Party with 48 legislators can ensure the victory of one candidate. At present, there are 304 MLAs from the BJP, 18 from the BSP, nine from the Apna Dal, seven from the Congress and four from the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party. Five MLAs are Independents or from small parties. The tenure of 10 Rajya Sabha members from the state is coming to an end on November 25. These include four members of the Samajwadi Party, Ram Gopal Yadav, Chandra Pal Singh Y

With 304 MLAs, BJP may easily win at least 8 RS seats from UP: Analysts

With the BJP having 304 members in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the November 9 election for the ten Rajya Sabha seats from the state may turn out to be a nearly one-sided affair for the party

Gehlot says attempts made to destabilise govt; BJP blames Cong 'infighting'

"BJP leaders are playing the game at the behest of Central leaders. MLAs were offered money... Rs 10 crore in advance and Rs 15 crore after the government is toppled," the chief minister claimed

60% Indian employees happy with their employers amid Covid-19 crisis: Study

Overall, Indian employees felt positive about the manner in which their employers had treated them during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 59 per cent rating their company's treatment of staff "excellent"

Deve Gowda, Kharge, 2 BJP candidates declared 'unanimously' elected to RS

Both Kharge and Gowda were defeated in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Gulbarga and Tumkur parliamentary constituencies respectively

Karnataka Rajya Sabha race heats up with former PM Deve Gowda contesting

Eranna Bhimappa Kadadi and Ashok Jasti - one Lingayat and one from the OBC - were named as the BJP's candidates for the upper house leaving the state unit stunned

Resort politics is back: Gujarat Congress moves MLAs ahead of RS elections

On Monday, the party moved 20 MLAs to a resort in Rajasthan fearing more defections ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections due on June 19.

Ex-PM Deve Gowda to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka

Election is scheduled on June 19 to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka

Congress names Mallikarjun Kharge as RS candidate from Karnataka

The Rajya Sabha election is slated for June 19

Race for Rajya Sabha tickets hots up in Karnataka's Cong, BJP camps

June 9 is the last date for filing nominations and all the three parties are yet to finalise their candidates

Speculation rife over Scindia's induction into Union Cabinet after RS polls

Scindia's exit from the Congress brought about the fall of the Madhya Pradesh government

Elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on June 19, says EC

Elections for 18 of these 24 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite setback, Congress confident of pulling off RS success in Gujarat

The party, with 68 MLAs now, can't win two seats because it needs 72. It's in talks with NCP, Bharatiya Tribal Party, and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani

Rajya Sabha polls: Sharad Pawar, Athawale among 37 elected unopposed

The BJP bagged seven seats -- two in Haryana, three in Maharashtra and one each in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar

Another Congress MLA in Gujarat resigns ahead of Rajya Sabha elections

Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi informed the House on Monday

Jyotiraditya Scindia to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls on March 13

BJP leader and former Union Minister Jyotiradtya Scindia will arrive in Bhopal tomorrow afternoon

Elections for more than 70 Rajya Sabha seats to be held this year

Besides Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Ramdas Athawale, other prominent leaders who will retire during the year include Sharad Pawar, Digvijay Singh and Vijay Goel

BJP names 18 candidates including Narayan Rane for Rajya Sabha polls

The party's choices for the Rajya Sabha indicate an effort on its part to strengthen its social equations in the states going to the polls this year

Jaitley to contest RS polls from UP, Pradhan from Madhya Pradesh: BJP

Jaitley is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat and Pradhan is a member from Bihar

RS polls: Changed legislative math in Gujarat may play spoiler for BJP

As per the number of seats won in the Gujarat Assembly elections held in December last year, both the BJP and the Congress are poised to get two seats each to the Rajya Sabha