Rajya Sabha elections: Key Heavyweights

New Delhi: Elections are being held today for 18 Rajya Sabha seats in five states. Some of the big names fighting for a Rajya Sabha seat are:

• Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani fielded by the BJP in Rajasthan
• Industrialist Vijay Mallya contesting as an Independent from Karnataka.
• Former BJP President M. Venkaiah Naidu from Karnataka
• Oscar Fernandes of the Congress in Karnataka
• Ram Vilas Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party and backed by Lalu Yadav's RJD in Bihar
• Anand Sharma, Commerce Minister of the Congress in Rajasthan
• Ram Kripal Yadav of the RJD in Bihar
• Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former minister and BJP spokesman from Bihar