Tag: Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections: BJP wins 8 out of 16 seats, Congress sweeps Rajasthan

Commenting on Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi whose vote was rejected, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that he voted openly after listening to his "inner conscience".

June 11, 2022

Rajya Sabha polls: Rajasthan govt suspends Internet services in Jaipur’s Amer area

Notably, all the Congress MLAs have been shifted to Hotel Leela in the Amer area where the internet services have been suspended.

June 10, 2022

Rajasthan HC dismisses application for grant of interim order related to six ex-BSP MLAs, to hold RS poll results

"In the present PIL, even notices have not been issued to the other side. It is also evident that during the pendency of the present PIL, elections to the Rajya Sabha were held and Members were elected to Rajya Sabha," the court said.

June 9, 2022

Seechewal, Sahney AAP’s nominees for Rajya Sabha from Punjab

Making this announcement on his Twitter handle, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, "I am happy to announce that AAP is nominating two Padma Shri awardees for the Rajya Sabha. One is environmentalist Padma Shri Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal and second is Padma Shri Vikramjit  Singh Sahney."

May 28, 2022

AAP urged to field SC candidate from Punjab for Rajya Sabha

NSCA president Paramjit Singh Kainth said the AAP has 29 MLAs, including Kulwant Singh Mohali belonging to the SCs, but the party didn't field a candidate from the community for the Rajya Sabha.

May 28, 2022

Kanimozhi Somu, Rajesh Kumar are DMK candidates for RS by-polls

Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin announced the candidature of the two. The Rajya Sabha seats have fallen vacant in Tamil Nadu after sitting AIADMK members, R. Vaithilingam and K.P. Munuswamy resigned their seats on getting elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly in 2021 polls.

September 14, 2021

5 ex-Congress MLAs who resigned before RS elections join BJP in Gujarat

Three BJP candidates and a Congress nominee were elected in the election to the Upper House of Parliament from Gujarat. The resignation of the Congress MLAs ahead of last week's Rajya Sabha election for four seats was crucial for the ruling BJP to win three seats, while only one Congress nominee won the election.

June 27, 2020

Jyotiraditya Scindia files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections on BJP ticket

At the time of filing papers, former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state BJP president VD Sharma, outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha and other BJP leaders were also present.

March 13, 2020

Election to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala on June 21

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial election to Rajya Sabha for three seats from Kerala will be held on June 21. The vacancies will be created due to retirement, on July 1, of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien of the Congress, Joy Abraham of Kerala Congress-Mani and C.P. Narayanan of the Communist Party...

May 31, 2018

No BJP offer on Rajya Sabha post yet: Uddhav Thackeray aide

The Shiv Sena has not received any offer from ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the post of Rajya Sabha (RS) Deputy Chairperson, a spokesperson for party chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Wednesday. Referring to the ongoing media speculation, the spokesperson said “there is no truth in the matter yet”. “Even if it happens, only...

April 4, 2018

41 newly elected Rajya Sabha members take oath

As many as 41 newly-elected members, including several Union Ministers among the 18 who have been re-elected, to the Rajya Sabha, took oath on Tuesday, the first day of their six-year term. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, while welcoming the newly-elected members, asked the first-timers to soon get themselves acquainted with the etiquette, procedures and rules...

April 3, 2018

Rajya Sabha elections: Trinamool wins four seats, Congress one in Bengal

The Trinamool Congress bagged four seats and the Congress one in the Rajya Sabha polls from West Bengal on Friday. All four Trinamool candidates — sitting Rajya Sabha member Nadimul Haque and first time nominees Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Biswas and Santanu Sen — emerged victorious in the vote count. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, supported...

March 23, 2018

Voting for five Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal ends

Voting for the five Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal ended at 4 pm on Friday and all the six candidates in the fray were present in the Assembly premises during the polling. The voting had begun at 9 am. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee along with other...

March 23, 2018

Rajya Sabha polls: JDS accuses RO of collusion with ruling Congress in Karnataka

The JDS today demanded to countermand of election to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka, alleging that the returning officer in ‘collusion’ with the ruling Congress in the state allowed two of its members to recast their vote after they ‘cross-voted’. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, however, termed the charge as ‘false’, saying before casting their...

March 23, 2018

Rajya Sabha polls: Congress MLA accused of disclosing vote

Controversy erupted during the Rajya Sabha polls here on Friday after a Congress MLA was accused of disclosing her vote in violation of election norms. BJP candidate Saroj Pandey’s voting agent alleged that Congress MLA Anila Bhediya violated the rules by disclosing her vote cast in a secret ballot. Bhediya, however, denied the allegation and...

March 23, 2018

Voting for lone Rajya Sabha seat in Kerala underway

Voting for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Kerala is underway, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan being among the early voters. Polling began at 9 am and will continue till 4 pm. M P Veerendra Kumar, the state president of the Janata Dal (U) Sharad Yadav faction, is the candidate supported by ruling CPI(M)-led LDF,...

March 23, 2018

Results of 25 Rajya Sabha seats from six states soon

Voting for 25 Rajya Sabha seats in six states of the country began sharp at 9 am on Friday. There are a total of 31 contenders for the seats in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Of the 58 seats from 16 states which will fall vacant in April this year, 33...

March 23, 2018