With the Rajya Sabha elections expected to go down to wire, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday appointed senior leaders as observers for Rajasthan, Haryana and Maharashtra, for the June 10 polls. In the three States, five Congress candidates are in fray.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel along with Rajeev Shukla, who recently secured the Rajya Sabha berth from the State, were appointed as observers for Haryana, party treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal and Chhattisgarh Health Minister T. S. Singh Deo have been picked for Rajasthan and leader of opposition in the Upper House Mallikarjun Kharge have been assigned the job to oversee Maharashtra election.
The election in Haryana and Rajasthan are particularly challenging for the party.
