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House-proud MPs: RS elections have a lot of intricate politics behind them

The results of the Rajya Sabha election will come out on June 10

BJP discusses strategy for Rajya Sabha polls; MVA calls MLAs to Mumbai

Railway Minister and BJP's observer for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Sunday held a meeting with state BJP leaders. After attending the meeting held at the BJP's office in south Mumbai, senior party leader Ashish Shelar said that strategy for the elections was finalised. Meanwhile, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, has called a meeting of its MLAs in Mumbai on June 7. Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis, who attended the meeting virtually as he is in home isolation after testing positive for coronavirus, said all the MLAs should vote as per their conscience. Shiv Sena leader and state minister Uday Samant told reporters that all the four candidates of MVA will sail through comfortably. "There is no need to worry. I don't know from where the BJP is getting the confidence to field three candidates, "he said. The electoral contest for the sixth Rajya Sabha seat from Maharashtra

Rajya Sabha polls: Gehlot in Udaipur; Congress alleges BJP corruption

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with six Congress MLAs reached Udaipur, where the party legislators are putting up at a hotel ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls amid fears of horse-trading.

Rajya Sabha elections: 4 BSP turncoats spell trouble for Rajasthan Congress

As the Rajya Sabha polls near, the resort politics has yet again started and pictures of Congress MLAs living a lavish life in Udaipur-based five star hotel are going viral

11 Rajya Sabha candidates in UP, including 8 from BJP elected unopposed

Eleven members of the Rajya Sabha, including eight from the Bharatiya Janata Party, have been elected unopposed from Uttar Pradesh

Shiv Sena to call its MLAs to Mumbai ahead of Rajya Sabha elections

Ahead of the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, the Shiv Sena has decided to call its MLAs to Mumbai and lodge them in a hotel to avoid any chances of poaching, a party source said

BJP, Shiv Sena to fight for 6th seat of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra

The election will be held on June 10

Rajya Sabha polls: Fearing horse trading by BJP, Cong MLAs camp in Udaipur

Over 80 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are camping at a hotel in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections to four seats in which the party fears horse trading by BJP.

Jailed NCP leader Deshmukh seeks one-day bail to vote in Rajya Sabha polls

Maharashtra's former HM Deshmukh, currently in jail in a money laundering ca, on Friday approached a special court here seeking bail for one day to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

Congress' Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

The ruling Congress's nominees Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh on Friday, officials said. "The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon and the two candidates were elected unopposed", state Assembly secretary Dinesh Sharma told PTI. Ranjan received her election certificate from Sharma, while on behalf of Shukla, his brother accepted his certificate. Of the five Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh, the term of two - Chhaya Verma (Congress) and Ramvichar Netam (BJP) - is to expire next month. The other three Rajya Sabha members from the state are KTS Tulsi and Phulodevi Netam of Congress and Saroj Pandey of BJP. Sixty three-year-old Shukla, a journalist-turned-politician, who hails from Uttar Pradesh has served as Rajya Sabha MP thrice in the past. Ranjan is a former Lok Sabha member from Bihar. With the election of Ranjan, there are now three Rajya Sabha members from the state. In the 90-member stat

RS polls: Sitharaman, Surjewala, Maken among those to file nominations

Sitharaman, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Rajeev Shukla and media baron Subhas Chandra were among those who filed their nominations on Tuesday for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls.

4 YSR Congress nominees may be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra

The election is actually scheduled for June 10 but with only four candidates in the fray for as many seats, falling vacant next month, polling will not be required.

Rumblings in Congress after list of 10 candidates for RS polls released

The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for the polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala

Rajya Sabha polls: Piyush Goyal, Sitharaman among BJP's 18 candidates

The BJP announced 18 candidates for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, fielding Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman from Maharashtra and Karnataka respectively

BJP's Shambhu Sharan Patel to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls today

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the list of 16 candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections which are scheduled to take place on June 10

Congress to decide leadership issues in Rajasthan after June 10 RS polls

Sachin Pilot has been vying for the Chief Minister's post, but Ashok Gehlot has the confidence of Sonia Gandhi

Sibal quits Congress, seeks SP support to fight Rajya Sabha independently

The former union minister had been vocal about the way Congress was being mismanaged, as part of the Group of 23 leaders who had sought a 'more active' party leadership

Kapil Sibal resigns from Congress, seeks RS nomination with SP's support

Veteran leader's exit marks another jolt for the country's main political Opposition party.

Kapil Sibal files RS nomination as Independent backed by Samajwadi Party

I resigned from the Congress on May 16 and am no longer a senior Congress leader now: Kapil SIbal

Moving past Covid, Rajya Sabha Secretariat returns to biometric attendance

Biometric attendance in Rajya Sabha Secretariat which has over 1,300 employees, was introduced in August 2018; it was suspended on March 6, 2020