Mumbai, March 4 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to get a fresh term in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress on Wednesday declared support to him as the opposition bloc's candidate from Maharashtra for the lone seat it can win in the March 16 polls to the Upper House of Parliament.
The decision, announced by AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala, ended days of speculation about the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate, as all three allies – Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) – had staked claim to the lone seat the bloc can win, given their strength in the assembly.
Seven Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra are falling vacant next month.
The ruling BJP separately named four candidates, including its general secretary Vinod Tawde and Union minister Ramdas Athawale, for the biennial polls, nominations for which will close on March 5.
Chennithala told