The Election Commission of India on Friday unveiled the schedule for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections to fill 24 seats that are set to fall vacant across 10 states following the retirement of sitting members in June and July 2026.
This comes amid a meeting which is currently underway at the Bihar Chief Minister's residence in Patna between Nitish Kumar, JD-U National Working President Sanjay Jha, and Bihar minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary.
The biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to fill 37 seats from 10 states, including Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, and Telangana, among others will be held on March 16, with counting of votes scheduled to be held the same day.
As a quid pro quo, the Congress leader proposed to give the vacant seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Council to Uddhav Thackeray in return for the only winnable Rajya Sabha seat for the MVA in Maharashtra, sources said.
From Tamil Nadu, six seats in the upper house of Parliament would fall vacant in April, but none filed papers on the opening day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial election to Rajya Sabha for three seats from Kerala will be held on…
