In a surprise move, media baron Subhash Chandra filed his nomination papers as a candidate for election to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Tuesday, setting up a contest for one of the four seats in the State. Mr. Chandra is being supported by the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Mr. Chandra, chairman of the Essel Group, is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Haryana. His term will expire on August 1. His entry into the fray will lead to a contest for the fourth seat, on which he will challenge Pramod Tiwari of the Congress.
The other candidates who filed their nomination papers from the State on Tuesday were Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Mr. Tiwari from the Congress, and Ghanshyam Tiwari from the BJP.
