Top Congress leaders on Monday met at the residence of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the finalisation of seat-sharing arrangements with various parties of the INDIA bloc.
Sources said the Congress president discussed with Sonia Gandhi the names of party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Ms. Gandhi and party treasurer Ajay Maken are among the likely candidates, they added.
The former Congres president is the frontrunner for the Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh that will fall vacant after BJP chief J.P. Nadda’s tenure ends this April. Her name is also doing the rounds for a Rajasthan seat as former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure is about to end.