rajya sabha elections

Bhubaneswar, March 6 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah met senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party's state headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Friday and held discussions on a range of issues, including preparations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Chief Minister Mohan...

Bhubaneswar, March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday blamed the opposition BJD for the backwardness of Odisha, which has been ruled by the regional party for 24 years, and accused the Congress of indulging in "negative politics".Shah was addressing a public meeting here after launching...

Bhubaneswar, March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday blamed the opposition BJD for the backwardness of Odisha, which has been ruled by the regional party for 20 years, and accused the Congress of engaging in "negative politics".Shah was addressing a public meeting here after launching...

Mumbai, March 6 Senior Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul has expressed his displeasure at his party for not nominating him as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Shiv Sena's Jyoti Waghmare filed her nomination papers on Thursday, making her the sole candidate of the party...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 Odisha witnessed a rare political development on Thursday as the BJD ended its alliance with the NDA and jointly fielded a common candidate with the Congress and CPI(M) in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, aiming to prevent the BJP from securing an additional seat in the...

March 05, New Delhi – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin were among the five NDA candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday.They submitted the papers in the presence of India's Home Minister Amit Shah at the office of...

Pune, March 5 After filing his nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar thanked the people of Maharashtra for giving him another opportunity to serve in the Upper House of Parliament.On the last day of filing nominations for the March...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, along with three other candidates from the NDA, which is hopeful of winning all five seats going to the polls despite the opposition RJD...

Ranchi, March 5 Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, on Thursday said Nitish Kumar's tenure as Chief Minister of Bihar will be remembered as a golden chapter in the state's history.Kumar announced his decision to enter the Rajya Sabha earlier in the day...

Mumbai, March 5 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said on Thursday that by nominating Jyoti Waghmare as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the party has sent a message to its workers that hard work is not unnoticed.Shinde also said...

Mumbai, March 5: Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 A total of five candidates—two each from the BJP and the BJD, and one supported by the saffron party—filed their nomination papers on Thursday for four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, sparking the possibility of cross-voting as neither the ruling party nor the opposition has...

Ranchi, March 5 (PT) Jharkhand’s sole JD(U) MLA, Saryu Roy, claimed on Thursday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s entry into the Rajya Sabha was a “premeditated move” to remove him from the Chief Minister’s position.Kumar, who is also the JD(U) supremo, announced his decision to enter...

Guwahati, March 5 – Three candidates – Jogen Mohan, Terash Gowalla, and Pramod Boro – filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam on Thursday.The nomination papers were submitted at the office of the Returning Officer at the Assam Legislative Assembly...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin filed their nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, along with three other candidates from the NDA, which is hopeful of winning all five seats going to the polls despite the opposition RJD entering...

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...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin were among five NDA candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday.They filed the papers in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the office of Assembly Secretary...

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...