Last month, the election commission declared the schedule for the Rajya Sabha elections for 56 seats in 15 states, including five from Madhya Pradesh, to be held on February 27. The nomination for the same to be filed till February 15. Voting will take place from 9 am to 4 pm and the resu
Samajwadi Party has nominated actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan, Ramji Lal Suman and Alok Ranjan as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party asserting to work for the "constructive development of Maharashtra".
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Chunnilal Garasiya and Madan Rathore as their candidates for the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan.
Raja Devendra Pratap Singh, who has been nominated as a BJP candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Chhattisgarh, on Sunday said the decision took him by 'surprise'.
The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday directed the jail authorities to take Sanjay Singh to the office of the Returning Officer (RO) to collect the certificate of election on January 12 under appropriate security.
"I am very emotional. I want to thank Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh. The agitation that began in 2006 will now go to Parliament. I have worked hard at the Delhi Commission for Women. I will miss working in the DCW," the former chairperson of the DCW told ANI.
After AAP Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh filed nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections, his wife Anita Singh said that they have faith in the judiciary and Singh will be released soon.
The Election Commission has announced that elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from New Delhi and one from Sikkim are likely to be held on January 19.
"The accused Sanjay Singh shall be permitted to remain there till the above process of nomination and scrutiny of the documents is completed," the Court said.