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Amid Meenakshi Natarajan Row, All 3 BJP Rajya Sabha Picks Elected Unopposed
The Congress fielded Meenakshi Natarajan for the third seat and claimed it had the required numbers to have her elected, but her nomination was rejected on June 9 and that turned what was expected to be a contest into a one-sided finish.
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M Kharge, Pawan Khera Among 7 Congress Nominees For Rajya Sabha Elections
The Congress on Thursday announced its list of seven candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, renominating party chief Mallikarjun Kharge from Karnataka.
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Sonia Gandhi To File Nomination For Rajya Sabha Polls From Rajasthan Today
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file on Wednesday her nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan, party sources said.
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Kerala Congress Leaders Meet Sonia Gandhi On Rajya Sabha Candidates
In view of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, Kerala Congress leaders on Thursday met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to decide the names of the candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats.
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Congress's Easy Rajya Sabha Wins In Rajasthan Uncover A Divide
The Congress has won two seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan and won them convincingly. KC Venugopal got 64 votes and the party's second candidate Neeraj Dangi got 59 votes. That's a total of 123 votes which means not a single vote from the ruling party went awry. In fact, the Congress put together more than the requisite number of 51 f...
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
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Goa Rajya Sabha Polls: Congress Plans Non-BJP Parties' 'Consensus Nominee'
After failing to form the government in Goa despite emerging as the single largest party in the assembly polls, the Congress is now planning to field a "consensus candidate" of the non-BJP parties for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state.
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Tough Fight For Some Rajya Sabha Candidates While Others Breathe Easy
It will be smooth sailing for ministers like Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and former union minister P Chidambaram but there's a contest on the cards in at least six states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Haryana.
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Sharad Pawar, Vijay Goel among 25 to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Union Minister Sharad Pawar, Congress leader Murli Deora, RPI's Ramdas Athawale and Vijay Goel (BJP) are likely to be elected unopposed along with 21 others in various states in the February 7 biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha.
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Amid Meenakshi Natarajan Row, All 3 BJP Rajya Sabha Picks Elected Unopposed
The Congress fielded Meenakshi Natarajan for the third seat and claimed it had the required numbers to have her elected, but her nomination was rejected on June 9 and that turned what was expected to be a contest into a one-sided finish.
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M Kharge, Pawan Khera Among 7 Congress Nominees For Rajya Sabha Elections
The Congress on Thursday announced its list of seven candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, renominating party chief Mallikarjun Kharge from Karnataka.
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Sonia Gandhi To File Nomination For Rajya Sabha Polls From Rajasthan Today
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file on Wednesday her nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan, party sources said.
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Kerala Congress Leaders Meet Sonia Gandhi On Rajya Sabha Candidates
In view of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, Kerala Congress leaders on Thursday met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to decide the names of the candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats.
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Congress's Easy Rajya Sabha Wins In Rajasthan Uncover A Divide
The Congress has won two seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan and won them convincingly. KC Venugopal got 64 votes and the party's second candidate Neeraj Dangi got 59 votes. That's a total of 123 votes which means not a single vote from the ruling party went awry. In fact, the Congress put together more than the requisite number of 51 f...
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
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Goa Rajya Sabha Polls: Congress Plans Non-BJP Parties' 'Consensus Nominee'
After failing to form the government in Goa despite emerging as the single largest party in the assembly polls, the Congress is now planning to field a "consensus candidate" of the non-BJP parties for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state.
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Tough Fight For Some Rajya Sabha Candidates While Others Breathe Easy
It will be smooth sailing for ministers like Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and former union minister P Chidambaram but there's a contest on the cards in at least six states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Haryana.
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Sharad Pawar, Vijay Goel among 25 to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Union Minister Sharad Pawar, Congress leader Murli Deora, RPI's Ramdas Athawale and Vijay Goel (BJP) are likely to be elected unopposed along with 21 others in various states in the February 7 biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha.
