Congress MP Vivek Tankha on May 30 filed his nomination papers for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Dr. Govind Singh for a second term in the Upper House of Parliament from the State.
Flanked by Mr. Nath and Mr. Singh among the other Congress legislators, the 65-year-old politician, a Supreme Court lawyer who is a sitting member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, presented his nomination papers to State Assembly principal secretary A. P. Singh, who is the returning officer for the polls, in the Vidhan Sabha complex in Bhopal.