rajya sabha elections

Mumbai, March 4 The Congress declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, where the opposition bloc is in a position to win one of the seven seats falling vacant.AICC general...

Nagpur, March 4 Tribal leaders and BJP workers from Vidarbha welcomed the nomination of former Nagpur mayor and sitting corporator Maya Ivnate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, calling it an honour for the region and recognition of women from the tribal community.Besides...

Mumbai, March 4 The BJP announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and former state minister Vinod Tawde.Besides Athawale and Tawde, the party has also fielded Nagpur ex-mayor Maya Chintaman Ivnate and former...

In Bhubaneswar, on March 3, the BJP announced that Manmohan Samal, its Odisha unit president, and Sujeet Kumar, an MP, would be its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections on March 16. They also announced their support for Dilip Ray, a former Union minister and party leader, who will contest as...

Chennai, March 3 Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK allocated one seat in the Rajya Sabha to its ally, DMDK, and announced that the number of Assembly seats to be allocated to it would be made public later after further discussions.DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth will announce the candidate...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha asserted on Tuesday that his candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party’s recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of “misgovernance” by the ruling Trinamool...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 – Former Union Minister of State, Dilip Ray, a prominent hotelier, announced on Tuesday that he would contest the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate.Speaking to the media, Ray said, "I will file my nomination as an independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha...

Guwahati, March 3 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday for being nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections."Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the honorable national president...

Guwahati, March 3 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated his cabinet colleague Jogen Mohan and MLA Terash Gowala on Tuesday for being nominated as BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections.The terms of the three Rajya Sabha seats held by BJP's Bhubaneswar Kalita and Rameswar...

Bhopal/New Delhi, March 3 – Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav extended his best wishes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, including the party's President Nitin Nabin, from Bihar, on Tuesday.In response to the party's decision to appoint...

Shimla, March 3 – Himachal Pradesh is facing a fiscal gap of nearly 15 per cent following the withdrawal of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), according to Naresh Chauhan, Principal Media Advisor to the Chief Minister, on Tuesday.He stated that the withdrawal of the RDG directly affected almost...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha said on Tuesday that his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party's recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of "misgovernance" by the ruling Trinamool Congress...

Patna, March 3 – Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) National President, Upendra Kushwaha, has been officially declared as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Bihar. As a candidate supported by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Kushwaha will file his nomination on...

Patna, March 03 BJP president Nitin Nabin is set to enter Parliament on Tuesday, with the party announcing him as one of its two candidates from Bihar for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections.Nabin, who currently holds the Bankipur assembly seat in the state, has been named along with Shivesh...

New Delhi, March 3 BJP national president Nitin Nabin was nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, fielding its former West...

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 3 – The ruling BJP on Tuesday announced Manmohan Samal, president of the party's Odisha unit, and incumbent MP Sujeet Kumar as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Notably, with the retirement of four Rajya Sabha members from Odisha scheduled for April 2...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 The BJP has nominated its Odisha unit president, Manmohan Samal, and MP, Sujeet Kumar, as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Samal, who is also a former state minister, lost the Odisha assembly elections in 2024, while Kumar is the current Rajya Sabha...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 – BJP MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the BJP would secure the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Sethi asserted that several MLAs from both the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress...

New Delhi, March 3 BJP national president Nitin Nabin was nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, fielding its former West...