After a five-judge bench of Supreme Court striking down the Electoral Bonds scheme as unconstitutional Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal called SC's decision "a ray of hope for democracy".
BJP's Uttarakhand state president Mahendra Bhatt files his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other party leaders in Dehradun.
Taking a jibe at Congress after parties Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, BJP's spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala questioned the party's formal "association" with Uttar Pradesh in future and said that Congress fears of losi
The saffron party has fielded four candidates which include Union Minister L Murugan, Maya Naroliya, Bansilal Gurjar and Umesh Nath Maharaj from Madhya Pradesh for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Elections to be held on February 27.
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday asserted that the Congress party in the state is united while taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government for "spreading rumours".
"I am an ordinary party worker. I didn't know I was being nominated. I did not expect that I would be nominated for the Rajya Sabha. I have been in the BJP for the past 25-30 years. I want to work in the areas of medical education and research," he said.
"Today, Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. It is a matter of shame for us as the Congress is a 135-year-old party. There is no place for Priyanka Gandhi to fight an election, if Rahul Gandhi didn't contest from the Kerala seat where 90 per cent are Musli
Incharge of Himachal Pradesh Congress Rajiv Shukla, Co-Incharge Himachal Pradesh Congress Tejinder Bittu, former Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Pratibha Singh and all three independent MLAs of State Assembly also attended the meeting.