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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
T.K. Rohit

P. Chidambaram front runner in Congress race for its lone Rajya Sabha seat in T.N.

Rajya Sabha TNCC Karti Chidambaram P Chidambaram Praveen Chakravarty Rahul Gandhi

With the DMK allotting one Rajya Sabha seat to the Congress as per an informal agreement, made during the negotiations for seat sharing for the 2021 Assembly elections, there has been intense lobbying by aspirants in the party.

Former Union minister P. Chidambaram, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra in 2016, is the front runner for the post, according to sources. Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri could also be in the running for the post, multiple sources in the Congress told The Hindu on Sunday.

Among other names doing the rounds are Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of the Data Analytics department of the Congress, who is known for his proximity to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, former TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan and former Lok Sabha MP P. Viswanathan. AICC secretary Christopher Tilak’s name is also being discussed in the Congress circles.

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