Haryana Rajya Sabha Elections

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry has been declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Haryana after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on Tuesday.

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry on Wednesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana and is set to be elected unopposed as she is the lone candidate in the fray.

Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said his party is ready to support the Congress in the Rajya Sabha election and ruled out any alliance with the ruling BJP in Haryana before or after the next Assembly polls.

The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two

Several BJP MLAs led by Jai Ram Thakur today met Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, a day after the party won the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state.

Haryana Congress MLA Kiran Choudhry has termed a remark made by party general secretary Ajay Maken on his Rajya Sabha election defeat "childish", saying he is a "pawn" in a deeper conspiracy.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi expelled Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions including the post of a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect after he cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls.

The 16 seats which were contested (the others were elected unopposed) turned into a midnight thriller with the BJP clinching victories in three of the four states involved and posting an upset in Maharashtra.

The BJP clinched victories in three of the four states where a close contest for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats saw cross-voting and alleged breach of election rules. The Congress won three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana.

The Congress had a short-lived victory celebration for its leader Ajay Maken, who the party tweeted has won the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana. However, the party deleted the tweet minutes later after a recount was called by the Election Commission.

The counting of votes for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana got stalled indefinitely today as the ruling BJP complained about cross-voting and when turned down by the local poll observer, approached the Election Commission in Delhi.

The BJP posted a win in three of the four states where a close contest took place on 16 Rajya Sabha seats. The Congress retained three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana. In Maharashtra, the ruling alliance suffered a jolt.

The BJP today accused three MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, or MVA, coalition in Maharashtra and two of the opposition Congress in Haryana of "compromising and vitiating" the Rajya Sabha poll process by openly showing ballot papers.

Congress legislator Kuldeep Bishnoi has hit headlines for his cryptic tweets in the run-up to today's elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana.

In Haryana, there are three candidates for the two Rajya Sabha seats - BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar, Congress's Ajay Maken, and Kartikeya Sharma, who is the son of former Union minister Venod Sharma

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry has been declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Haryana after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on Tuesday.

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry on Wednesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana and is set to be elected unopposed as she is the lone candidate in the fray.

Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said his party is ready to support the Congress in the Rajya Sabha election and ruled out any alliance with the ruling BJP in Haryana before or after the next Assembly polls.

The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two

Several BJP MLAs led by Jai Ram Thakur today met Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, a day after the party won the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state.

Haryana Congress MLA Kiran Choudhry has termed a remark made by party general secretary Ajay Maken on his Rajya Sabha election defeat "childish", saying he is a "pawn" in a deeper conspiracy.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi expelled Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions including the post of a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect after he cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls.

The 16 seats which were contested (the others were elected unopposed) turned into a midnight thriller with the BJP clinching victories in three of the four states involved and posting an upset in Maharashtra.

The BJP clinched victories in three of the four states where a close contest for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats saw cross-voting and alleged breach of election rules. The Congress won three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana.

The Congress had a short-lived victory celebration for its leader Ajay Maken, who the party tweeted has won the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana. However, the party deleted the tweet minutes later after a recount was called by the Election Commission.

The counting of votes for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana got stalled indefinitely today as the ruling BJP complained about cross-voting and when turned down by the local poll observer, approached the Election Commission in Delhi.

The BJP posted a win in three of the four states where a close contest took place on 16 Rajya Sabha seats. The Congress retained three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana. In Maharashtra, the ruling alliance suffered a jolt.

The BJP today accused three MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, or MVA, coalition in Maharashtra and two of the opposition Congress in Haryana of "compromising and vitiating" the Rajya Sabha poll process by openly showing ballot papers.

Congress legislator Kuldeep Bishnoi has hit headlines for his cryptic tweets in the run-up to today's elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana.

In Haryana, there are three candidates for the two Rajya Sabha seats - BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar, Congress's Ajay Maken, and Kartikeya Sharma, who is the son of former Union minister Venod Sharma