Elections are being held for 60 Rajya Sabha seats across the country. The Congress is contesting 17 seats and is likely to win 16. Some of the prominent people include Law Minister Hans Raj Bharadwaj who is contesting from Haryana, Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh contesting from Madhya Pradesh, Rajiv Shukla from Maharashtra, Abhishek Singhvi from Rajasthan and Satyavrat Chaturvedi from Uttaranchal.