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Kolkata, March 5 – The process of filing nominations for four Trinamool Congress candidates and one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday.Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and the party's nominee, Santrupt Misra, along with the opposition parties' joint candidate, Dr. Datteswar Hota, filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections on Thursday.Former Chief Minister and BJD president, Naveen...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra that will become...

Hyderabad, March 5 Congress candidates Abhishek Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy filed their nominations at the Telangana Legislative Assembly here on Thursday for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha.The duo is contesting to fill two vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from the state.Chief...

Chandigarh, March 5 Satish Nandal, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Haryana assembly elections, announced on Thursday that he will file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections from Haryana as an Independent.With Nandal entering the race, the Rajya Sabha elections are set to witness...

New Delhi, March 5 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin filed his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, paving the way for his entry into the Upper House.Nitin Nabin, accompanied by a group of BJP leaders and supporters, submitted his...

Patna, March 5 Amid intense political developments in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections.All five candidates, including Nitin Nabin, Shivesh Kumar Ram, and Upendra Kushwaha of the ruling alliance, also submitted their...

Three candidates filed their nominations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam on Thursday. The nominations were submitted to the Returning Officer by the ruling NDA – BJP's Jogen Mohan and Terash Gowala, along with UPPL's Pramod Boro.Notably, no opposition or independent...

Mumbai, March 5 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday that unfavourable political calculations and the candidature of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar were the key reasons why the party could not field Priyanka Chaturvedi again for the Rajya Sabha election.Raut said that while there...

Hyderabad, March 5 Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy filed their nominations on Thursday as candidates for the Congress party for two seats in the Rajya Sabha from Telangana.They submitted their nomination papers to the returning officer, Upender Reddy, at the Telangana Assembly...

Patna, March 5 – Nitish Kumar, leader of the JD(U), announced on Thursday that he will be contesting the Rajya Sabha elections, effectively ending his tenure as the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar.Kumar, who has served as Chief Minister for a record 10 terms since 2005, stated that the...

Raipur, March 5 The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh has renominated senior tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam, an incumbent Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate for the March 16 biennial Rajya Sabha elections.The party announced Netam's candidature on Wednesday night.Of the five Rajya Sabha...

Chennai, March 4 The opposition AIADMK nominated its sitting Rajya Sabha MP, M Thambidurai, for the biennial election on March 16, while also allocating a seat to its ally, the PMK.Following a decision by the party, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that Thambidurai...

New Delhi, March 4 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Patna on Thursday, according to sources, indicating that the state may get a new chief minister.The president of the JD(U) is likely to file his nomination along with BJP...

New Delhi, March 4 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Patna on Thursday, according to sources, suggesting that the state may get a new chief minister.The JD(U) president will file his nomination alongside BJP national president...

Raipur, March 3 The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh fielded its senior leader Laxmi Verma, a member of the State Women's Commission, for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections.Verma's name, that of an OBC leader who has held multiple organizational posts, is among the nine BJP...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The state capital of Odisha witnessed intense political activity on Monday ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress holding separate meetings with their MLAs, while the BJD-sponsored "common" candidate, urologist Datteswar Hota...

Mumbai, March 2 The upcoming Rajya Sabha elections have emerged as a crucial test for the MVA's unity, as both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress on Monday staked claim to the alliance's lone winnable seat while insisting that internal talks are ongoing.Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray denied...

Patna, March 1 The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bihar’s main opposition party, on Sunday decided to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, challenging the ruling NDA’s bid to win all five seats in the state without a contest.The decision was taken at the central and state parliamentary...

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...