Nominated Mps

New Zealand's former COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins will replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after receiving the only nomination from fellow MPs, the ruling Labour Party said Saturday.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday asserted that he has a vision to strengthen the party which should be a vehicle for "change" as he filed his nomination for the party president poll.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected claims by BJP MP and his former deputy Sushil Kumar Modi that some people in Mr Kumar's party gave feelers to nominate the Chief Minister for the Vice President's post.

Renowned former Olympic track and field athlete PT Usha is likely to take an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the Constitution as Rajya Sabha MP later today.

National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said tribals and women in the country are excited and delighted over her nomination for the Presidential election, according to sources.

The BJP-led coalition has nominated Droupadi Murmu to be the next President, and her election on Monday against the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha appears certain.

The ruling NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said she was optimistic of getting the support of all the MLAs and MPs from Odisha cutting across party lines as the daughter of the soil.

The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab on Saturday declared noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and an entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist Vikramjit Singh Sahney as its candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from the state.

Javed Ali Khan filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha election as a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate on Wednesday.

BJP's S Phangnon Konyak is all set to become the first woman Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland as no other candidate filed nomination for the March 31 election to the lone seat from the state on Monday, which was the last day.

Nagaland is likely to get a woman Rajya Sabha MP for the first time as a coalition of the NDPP and the BJP, having 35 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, nominated the saffron party's Mahila Morcha president S Phangnon Konyak as their candidate.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the nominations of six to seven candidates of his party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections were rejected "illegally".

The Congress on Monday declared the candidature of senior party leader Rajni Patil for the next month's Rajya Sabha byelection which was necessitated due to the death of the sitting MP Rajiv Satav.

A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged BJP MP Hans Raj Hans in a case of allegedly giving ambiguous information in his affidavit filed along with his nomination form in the 2019 general elections.

Rajya Sabha nominations today: Swapan Dasgupta and Mahesh Jethmalani are the new members who have taken the oath of nomination today.

New Zealand's former COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins will replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after receiving the only nomination from fellow MPs, the ruling Labour Party said Saturday.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday asserted that he has a vision to strengthen the party which should be a vehicle for "change" as he filed his nomination for the party president poll.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected claims by BJP MP and his former deputy Sushil Kumar Modi that some people in Mr Kumar's party gave feelers to nominate the Chief Minister for the Vice President's post.

Renowned former Olympic track and field athlete PT Usha is likely to take an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the Constitution as Rajya Sabha MP later today.

National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said tribals and women in the country are excited and delighted over her nomination for the Presidential election, according to sources.

The BJP-led coalition has nominated Droupadi Murmu to be the next President, and her election on Monday against the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha appears certain.

The ruling NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said she was optimistic of getting the support of all the MLAs and MPs from Odisha cutting across party lines as the daughter of the soil.

The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab on Saturday declared noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and an entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist Vikramjit Singh Sahney as its candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from the state.

Javed Ali Khan filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha election as a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate on Wednesday.

BJP's S Phangnon Konyak is all set to become the first woman Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland as no other candidate filed nomination for the March 31 election to the lone seat from the state on Monday, which was the last day.

Nagaland is likely to get a woman Rajya Sabha MP for the first time as a coalition of the NDPP and the BJP, having 35 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, nominated the saffron party's Mahila Morcha president S Phangnon Konyak as their candidate.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the nominations of six to seven candidates of his party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections were rejected "illegally".

The Congress on Monday declared the candidature of senior party leader Rajni Patil for the next month's Rajya Sabha byelection which was necessitated due to the death of the sitting MP Rajiv Satav.

A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged BJP MP Hans Raj Hans in a case of allegedly giving ambiguous information in his affidavit filed along with his nomination form in the 2019 general elections.

Rajya Sabha nominations today: Swapan Dasgupta and Mahesh Jethmalani are the new members who have taken the oath of nomination today.