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Shocker for Congress in Haryana, Ajay Maken loses RS elections by 'narrow
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 11 (ANI): Congress candidate Ajay Maken lost the Rajya Sabha elections to media baron Kartikeya Sharma, the BJP-backed independent candidate, by a "narrow margin", a huge shock for the grand old party which was confident of the winning the seat.
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Rajya Sabha polls: To defeat BJP, AIMIM announces support to Cong candidat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): With an aim to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has extended support to Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and will vote for Congress candidate Imran Pratapgarhi in the Rajya Sabha elections in M
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Rajya Sabha election: Haryana Congress MLAs leave for Chandigarh from Delh
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Haryana Congress MLAs left Delhi for Chandigarh where voting will take place for the Rajya Sabha elections on Friday.
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'No matter how hard anyone tries, MVA's candidates will go to Rajya Sabha'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday convened a meeting of the MLAs in the state and exuded confidence in all the four candidates of the Maha Vikas Aghadi of winning the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls slated to be held on June 10.<
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Congress candidates will win RS polls in Rajasthan: Pramod Tiwari
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 3 (ANI): Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, who is a party nominee for the Rajya Sabha elections in party-ruled Rajasthan, on Friday expressed confidence that all three party nominees will win the polls.
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BSP demands bar on 6 Rajasthan MLAs, who defected to Congress, from voting
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 2 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday wrote to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and Assembly Speaker CP Joshi demanding that the six MLAs who won on the BSP party symbol but later defected to Congress be barred from voting in Rajya Sabha polls.
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Congress fields Surjewala, Chidambaram, Ajay Maken as candidates for Rajya
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday announced the names of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls fielding Rajeev Shukla, Ajay Maken, and Jairam Ramesh from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Karnataka respectively.
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Congress to decide Rajya Sabha nominees today, Rahul Gandhi to virtually j
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Congress is likely to finalize nominees for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections in its meeting today, with the former party chief Rahul Gandhi, who's in London, linking through video conference, while a number of veterans are vying to re-enter the Upper House.
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Kerala: Congress names Uma Thomas for Thrikkakara bypoll
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday announced that Uma Thomas, wife of late party leader PT Thomas, will be the party candidate for the Thrikkakara assembly seat in the upcoming by-election.
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Mahadev Dessai has no right to talk about Janardhan Bhandari: Congress Can
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
South Goa (Goa) [India], April 24 (ANI): Block Congress President Pralay Bhagat on Sunday called Trinamool Congress Candidate Mahadev Dessai's accusations against Janardhan Bhandari for his failure to win the Canacona seat in the recently conducted Assembly elections "unwarranted" and "uncal
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Bypolls: TMC, RJD, Congress lead in early trends in counting of votes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress candidate for the Asansol Lok Sabha by-elections Shatrughan Sinha is leading, as per the early trends in the counting of votes.
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Chhattisgarh: Counting of votes for Khairagarh Assembly by-poll underway
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 16 (ANI): The counting of votes cast in the Khairagarh Assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh is underway. The counting process began at 8 am on Saturday.
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