Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is likely to field Milind Deora, who recently switched from Congress severing decades-old family ties with the grand old party, as its Rajya Sabha candidate for the upcoming Biennial election.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced its support for Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the press release said on Wednesday.
The grand old Congress party announced on Wednesday the first list of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Biennial Elections to be held in various states.
Witnessing a series of political developments in Maharashtra including the Election Commission order recognising Eknath Shinde as official "Shiv Sena" and Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party as the "real" NCP as well as the recent departure of former Chief Minister of
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan on Wednesday, sources said.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination for Rajya Sabha elections tomorrow and the final decision on the state she will represent in the upper House of Parliament will be taken tonight, sources said on Tuesday
The two BJD candidates filed their nominations before the returning officer here in the state assembly, in the presence of BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
After the exit of Ashok Chavan from the party, Congress leaders on Tuesday held a meeting to formulate a strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra and Lok Sabha elections.