Rajya Sabha Nomination

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.

Three candidates had filed nominations for the Rajya Sabha bypolls, one of whom was a BJP dummy candidate.

Union minister George Kurian on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh.

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.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been nominated to contest the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Telangana.

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said he would have nominated wrestler Vinesh Phogat to the Rajya Sabha if the Congress had the numbers in the state assembly.

The BJP's strength in the Rajya Sabha fell by four Saturday after as many nominated members - Rakesh Sinha, Ram Shakal, Sonal Mansingh, and Mahesh Jethmalani - completed their term.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that no one in his party or the ruling Mahayuti alliance is upset by Rajya Sabha nomination of his wife Sunetra Pawar.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar on Thursday filed papers as an NCP candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has written to engineer-turned-philanthropist Sudha Murty congratulating her on her nomination to the Rajya Sabha.

President Droupadi Murmu nominated Sudha Murty, the renowned author and philanthropist, to the Rajya Sabha on International Women's Day.

Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu.

Reacting to his Rajya Sabha candidature, Ashok Chavan, who recently joined the BJP, ditching the Congress, said that by becoming a member of the upper house of Parliament, he will get much wider scope to work at the national level.

BJP chief JP Nadda, new party entrant Ashok Chavan and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi are among those in the fray for the Rajya Sabha elections with the deadline for filing of nominations ending on Thursday.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's Lok Sabha-to-Rajya Sabha shift this year - from representing Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh to the state of Rajasthan - was supposed to signal a change in the leadership of a party many see as struggling for relevance.

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.

Three candidates had filed nominations for the Rajya Sabha bypolls, one of whom was a BJP dummy candidate.

Union minister George Kurian on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh.

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.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been nominated to contest the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Telangana.

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said he would have nominated wrestler Vinesh Phogat to the Rajya Sabha if the Congress had the numbers in the state assembly.

The BJP's strength in the Rajya Sabha fell by four Saturday after as many nominated members - Rakesh Sinha, Ram Shakal, Sonal Mansingh, and Mahesh Jethmalani - completed their term.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that no one in his party or the ruling Mahayuti alliance is upset by Rajya Sabha nomination of his wife Sunetra Pawar.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar on Thursday filed papers as an NCP candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has written to engineer-turned-philanthropist Sudha Murty congratulating her on her nomination to the Rajya Sabha.

President Droupadi Murmu nominated Sudha Murty, the renowned author and philanthropist, to the Rajya Sabha on International Women's Day.

Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu.

Reacting to his Rajya Sabha candidature, Ashok Chavan, who recently joined the BJP, ditching the Congress, said that by becoming a member of the upper house of Parliament, he will get much wider scope to work at the national level.

BJP chief JP Nadda, new party entrant Ashok Chavan and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi are among those in the fray for the Rajya Sabha elections with the deadline for filing of nominations ending on Thursday.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's Lok Sabha-to-Rajya Sabha shift this year - from representing Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh to the state of Rajasthan - was supposed to signal a change in the leadership of a party many see as struggling for relevance.