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NOTA option in violation of Constitution: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 01 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday said the Election Commission (EC) cannot introduce the option of None Of The Above (NOTA) in the Rajya Sabha elections, without Constitutional amendment as it is in violation of Article 84 of the Constitution of India.
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Non-attending Sachin, Rekha should quit Rajya Sabha: Naresh Agarwal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug.1 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Naresh Agarwal has asked former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actress Rekha to resign from the Rajya Sabha.
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In a first, NOTA to be available for Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], August 1 (ANI): The None Of The Above (NOTA) option will be available for the first time in upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat.
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Ahmed Patel had offered his Rajya Sabha seat to Vaghela
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Prior to his dramatic resignation from the grand old party, Sankarsingh Vaghela had been offered a Rajya Sabha seat by Congress leader Ahmed Patel.
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NCP to support Ahmed Patel in Rajya Sabha polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday is set to vote in favour of Congress leader Ahmed Patel during the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat, sources state.
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Gujarat Congress leader says Balwantsinh will win RS seat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India] July 29 (ANI): A Gujarat Congress leader, who is expected to tender his resignation from Congress anytime now, on Saturday said that the Congress MLA who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Ravi Shankar Prasad laughs off Congress' horse-trading accusation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): In the wake of Gujarat Congress MLAs quitting and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday laughed off the Congress' accusation that the saffron party was indulging in horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha
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High time Pak is declared 'terror state': Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Independent Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday again sought support to introduce a resolution in the Parliament to declare Pakistan a terror state, and said it was time this is acted upon.
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Gujarat: Congress accuses BJP of horse-trading before Rajya Sabha polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 28 (ANI): With Gujarat Congress MLAs quitting and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the grand old party on Friday accused the saffron party in the state of horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for August 8.
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No work in RS, LS passes Indian Institutes of Management Bill
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha saw repeated disruptions and could not take up scheduled business for the day.
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Gujarat Congress huddles over alarming exodus of MLAs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad [Gujarat], July. 28 (ANI): Facing an alarming exodus on MLAs, the Congress party in Gujarat huddled on Friday to discuss their future strategy ahead of Rajya Sabha elections .
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Gujarat: Amit Shah, Smriti Irani file nomination for Rajya Sabha elections
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Friday filed their nominations for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat.
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