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Socialist leader Sharad Yadav bids adieu to Lutyen’s Delhi after four decades

In his own assessment, he says he will be remembered for Mandal, caste census, and ironically, the stalling of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

The Hindu

Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and four other candidates from Bihar set to enter Rajya Sabha

PATNA: All five candidates in the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, including RJD president Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti, are set to enter the Upper House of the Parliament without contesting the polls, as only five persons filed nomination against the five seats from the state…

The Times of India

BJP’s RS candidates from UP file nominations in Yogi Adityanath’s presence; set to be elected unopposed

LUCKNOW: In the presence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, eight BJP candidates filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday in Lucknow.

The Times of India

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Eight BJP candidates from Uttar Pradesh file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

The BJP has fielded eight candidates from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Maharashtra and Karnataka, and two from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha elections set to be a thriller

Eyeing dissonance in Congress, BJP fields more candidates than it is certain to win in the polls.

The Hindu

Imran Pratapgarhi’s nomination to Rajya Sabha poll roils Maharashtra Congress

Ex-MLA from Nagpur Ashish Deshmukh resigns as the Congress’s Maharashtra unit’s general secretary

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha polls | BJP wants to indulge in horse-trading: Ashok Gehlot

"From where will they bring votes? They want to indulge in horse-trading,” the Rajasthan Chief Minister said on BJP-backed independent Subhash Chandra.

The Hindu

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s exit from Rajya Sabha may mean no Muslim face for BJP in Parliament

Till Budget Session, party had three Muslim MPs; all, however, in the Rajya Sabha, and none in Lok Sabha

The Hindu

UP Rajya Sabha Election: 8 BJP candidates file nomination for the RS polls

Eight Bharatiya Janata Party candidates filed the nomination papers on Tuesday from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Lucknow. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi: JP Nadda says such issues will be decided by courts and Constitution

NEW DELHI: Underlining the BJP's commitment to cultural development of the country, party president J P Nadda on Monday said that contentious religious matters would be decided by "courts and the Constitution" and the party would implement the decisions in letter and spirit.

The Times of India

Rajya Sabha polls: Not all Congress nominees are loyalists

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.

The Times of India

Change Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra: Prithviraj Chavhan

NAGPUR: Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavhan said he has requested Congress high command to change party colleague Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra, instead of the current Rajasthan. Interacting with mediapersons during an informal chat, Chavhan said that Wasnik being from Maharashtra would be in a better position to…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Backed by Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhary files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat

LUCKNOW: Accompanied by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the joint SP-RLD candidate.

The Times of India

BJP is afraid of Congress’s ideologies, says P Chidambaram

CHENNAI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP was afraid of the Congress’s ideology.

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Disquiet in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh over ‘outsiders’ being nominated as Rajya Sabha candidates

Congress was forced to defend its choices in Chhattisgarh after stinging comments while an independent who is crucial for victory in Rajasthan sought a ‘rethink’

The Hindu

Shiver and seizure: On the list of Congress Rajya Sabha candidates

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The Hindu

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi misses bus on RS nomination, BJP to contest third seat in Karnataka

There were no explanations offered for the exclusion of Mr. Naqvi, India’s Minority Affairs Minister and the only Muslim minister

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha polls | BJP fields three candidates from Maharashtra, prompts ‘horse-trading’ accusations from ruling Shiv Sena

After Piyush Goyal and Anil Bonde, Kolhapur’s Dhananjay Mahadik is the BJP’s third choice

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Will seek Prime Minister Modi’s advice on what to do next, says RCP Singh

JD(U) did not renominate the Union Minister to the Rajya Sabha

The Times of India

JD(U)'s Khiru Mahto, who was nominated in place of Union minister RCP Singh, files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

PATNA: JD(U)'s lone candidate for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha Khiru Mahto (68), who was nominated by the party in place of Union minister RCP Singh, on Monday filed nomination before the returning officer-cum secretary, Bihar Vidhan Sabha, in presence of CM Nitish Kumar and many top NDA…

The Hindu

Congress enters fray for fourth RS seat while JD (S) candidate is set to file nomination today; BJP move being watched

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The Times of India

Haryana: Kuldeep Bishnoi skips Congress legislative party, Ajay Maken to file nomination on Tuesday

CHANDIGARH: Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi failed to turn up, while an entire lot of 30 Congress MLAs on Monday passed a resolution endorsing the Congress high command's decision of candidature of former Union minister Ajay Maken for the Rajya Sabha seat.

Newslaundry

No Rajya Sabha seat for RCP Singh: What this says about internal strife within JDU

The decision to deny someone a position can often be as critical in politics as the decision to award it. This is equally true for how political parties look at the candidates they can send to the Rajya Sabha – a decision influenced by a number of factors.

The Hindu

BJP fields three candidates for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra; Fadnavis says ‘all will win’

In Maharashtra, where six seats are up for the Rajya Sabha election, other than Piyush Goyal, the BJP has named Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik

The Hindu

Chidambaram, Shanmugam, Dharmar file RS nominations

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