Several senior political leaders, including Sharad Pawar and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, have already secured Rajya Sabha seats unopposed as polling continues for the remaining vacancies in key states.
Amid fears of cross-voting in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Odisha, the Congress party has shifted its MLAs to Bengaluru in a move widely seen as part of “resort politics” to keep its legislators together.
As reported earlier, elections to 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states are scheduled for March 16, while the tenure of seven MPs from Maharashtra, including that of NCP founder Sharad Pawar, will come to an end shortly.
The biennial exercise will see vacancies across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Bihar, with nominations opening on February 26 and polling scheduled for a single day.
Polling will be held on October 24 for the four vacant seats of the Rajya Sabha.
The new faces are Saket Gokhale, Samirul Islam and Prakash Chik Baraik.
The party's state unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel will forward the names to the party's high command in New Delhi for selecting the candidates.
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