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Bengaluru

BENGALURU : The ruling BJP won three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, while Congress bagged one seat and JD(S), some whose MLAs cross-voted, returned empty-handed.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that India is paying the price for BJP's mistakes over many years and said this is unacceptable

Congress recalls controversial statements of top leaders in the past, questions PM’s silence

Senior leader Jairam Ramesh said the MEA dubbing BJP spokespersons as ‘fringe elements’ is a joke and the party playing the ‘good cop-bad cop’ game is routine

None of the candidates withdrew from fray on Friday

NEW DELHI: Not all Congress leaders whose names were approved by party president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday to contest the forthcoming Rajya Sabha election are loyalists. Of the 10 nominated leaders, at least four of them have been critical of the party leadership at some point of time.

NEW DELHI: Voices of discontent emerged from the Congress after the party announced 10 candidates for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls with actress-turned-politician Nagma Morarji raising questions over the candidatures.

BENGALURU: The suspense over whether BJP and/or Congress would field a candidate for the fourth Rajya Sabha seat appeared to end on Sunday with the two national parties officially naming two and one candidate respectively for the election, scheduled for June 10.