Pradeep Tamta

Congress's Pradeep Tamta today defeated Independent candidate Anil Goel to win the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand and become the first Dalit from the hill state to make it to the Upper House of Parliament.

Burying their differences, ruling allies Congress and PDF in Uttarakhand today jointly fielded a candidate for the Rajya Sabha election with former Lok Sabha member from Almora, Pradeep Tamta filing his nomination on behalf of the alliance.

Locked in a face-off with key ally PDF and a section of his Congress party over nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today indicated the row has been resolved and asserted there will be only one nominee from Congress and PDF which together run the state government.

Congress's Pradeep Tamta today defeated Independent candidate Anil Goel to win the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand and become the first Dalit from the hill state to make it to the Upper House of Parliament.

Burying their differences, ruling allies Congress and PDF in Uttarakhand today jointly fielded a candidate for the Rajya Sabha election with former Lok Sabha member from Almora, Pradeep Tamta filing his nomination on behalf of the alliance.

Locked in a face-off with key ally PDF and a section of his Congress party over nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today indicated the row has been resolved and asserted there will be only one nominee from Congress and PDF which together run the state government.