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All parties do this: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Congress naming 2 ‘outsiders’

RAIPUR: Congress candidates Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeeta Ranjan on Tuesday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections even as chief minister Bhupesh Baghel sought to defend the party’s decision to name leaders from outside the state for both seats, arguing that Shukla and Ranjan have parliamentary experience and…

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RS polls: NCP to move court for netas in custody to vote

MUMBAI: NCP leader Praful Patel on Tuesday said that the party will approach the appropriate court to ensure that both former minister Anil Deshmukh and cabinet member Nawab Malik are able to vote in the June 10 election to the Rajya Sabha.

The Times of India

Odisha: Niranjan Bishi has 16 criminal cases against him, declares BJD

BHUBANESWAR: BJD Rajya Sabha candidate Niranjan Bishi has 16 criminal cases pending against him and was acquitted in another case, the regional party declared on Tuesday.

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BJD to win all four Rajya Sabha seats unopposed in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR: All the four BJD nominees, who filed their nomination papers on Tuesday, are set to win the seats unopposed as no opposition parties fielded any candidate due to lack of numbers.

The Times of India

RS polls: Fight for the fourth seat turns out to be tricky

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Subhash Chandra files papers for Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan

Media baron’s surprise move sets up contest for one of the four seats in the State

The Hindu

Socialist leader Sharad Yadav bids adieu to Lutyen’s Delhi after four decades

In his own assessment, he says he will be remembered for Mandal, caste census, and ironically, the stalling of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

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Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and four other candidates from Bihar set to enter Rajya Sabha

PATNA: All five candidates in the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, including RJD president Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti, are set to enter the Upper House of the Parliament without contesting the polls, as only five persons filed nomination against the five seats from the state…

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BJP’s RS candidates from UP file nominations in Yogi Adityanath’s presence; set to be elected unopposed

LUCKNOW: In the presence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, eight BJP candidates filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday in Lucknow.

The Times of India

Eight BJP candidates from Uttar Pradesh file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

The BJP has fielded eight candidates from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Maharashtra and Karnataka, and two from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha elections set to be a thriller

Eyeing dissonance in Congress, BJP fields more candidates than it is certain to win in the polls.

The Hindu

Imran Pratapgarhi’s nomination to Rajya Sabha poll roils Maharashtra Congress

Ex-MLA from Nagpur Ashish Deshmukh resigns as the Congress’s Maharashtra unit’s general secretary

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha polls | BJP wants to indulge in horse-trading: Ashok Gehlot

"From where will they bring votes? They want to indulge in horse-trading,” the Rajasthan Chief Minister said on BJP-backed independent Subhash Chandra.

The Hindu

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s exit from Rajya Sabha may mean no Muslim face for BJP in Parliament

Till Budget Session, party had three Muslim MPs; all, however, in the Rajya Sabha, and none in Lok Sabha

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UP Rajya Sabha Election: 8 BJP candidates file nomination for the RS polls

Eight Bharatiya Janata Party candidates filed the nomination papers on Tuesday from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Lucknow. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Gyanvapi: JP Nadda says such issues will be decided by courts and Constitution

NEW DELHI: Underlining the BJP's commitment to cultural development of the country, party president J P Nadda on Monday said that contentious religious matters would be decided by "courts and the Constitution" and the party would implement the decisions in letter and spirit.

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Rajya Sabha polls: Not all Congress nominees are loyalists

NEW DELHI: Not all Congress leaders whose names were approved by party president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday to contest the forthcoming Rajya Sabha election are loyalists. Of the 10 nominated leaders, at least four of them have been critical of the party leadership at some point of time.

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Change Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra: Prithviraj Chavhan

NAGPUR: Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavhan said he has requested Congress high command to change party colleague Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra, instead of the current Rajasthan. Interacting with mediapersons during an informal chat, Chavhan said that Wasnik being from Maharashtra would be in a better position to…

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Uttar Pradesh: Backed by Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhary files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat

LUCKNOW: Accompanied by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the joint SP-RLD candidate.

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BJP is afraid of Congress’s ideologies, says P Chidambaram

CHENNAI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP was afraid of the Congress’s ideology.

The Hindu

Disquiet in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh over ‘outsiders’ being nominated as Rajya Sabha candidates

Congress was forced to defend its choices in Chhattisgarh after stinging comments while an independent who is crucial for victory in Rajasthan sought a ‘rethink’

The Hindu

Shiver and seizure: On the list of Congress Rajya Sabha candidates

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi misses bus on RS nomination, BJP to contest third seat in Karnataka

There were no explanations offered for the exclusion of Mr. Naqvi, India’s Minority Affairs Minister and the only Muslim minister

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha polls | BJP fields three candidates from Maharashtra, prompts ‘horse-trading’ accusations from ruling Shiv Sena

After Piyush Goyal and Anil Bonde, Kolhapur’s Dhananjay Mahadik is the BJP’s third choice

The Hindu

Will seek Prime Minister Modi’s advice on what to do next, says RCP Singh

JD(U) did not renominate the Union Minister to the Rajya Sabha

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