The nominations for the biennial elections to two Rajya Sabha seats from the state will be held on March 11, and the elections are set to be held on March 21. The counting of votes will be done on the same day.
State Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu accused the BJP of kidnapping around six Congress MLAs.
There are, in total, 11 candidates in the fray, including eight from the BJP and three from the SP.
The Rajya Sabha elections for six seats in Maharashtra could go uncontested as the BJP has nominated only three candidates for the polls — Chavan, Medha Kulkarni, and Dr Ajeet Gopchade.
She said she will not contest the next Lok Sabha elections because of health reasons and increasing age.
According to a communique issued by Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation KC Venugopal, the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson is the party’s nominee in Rajasthan.
Tomorrow is the last date of nominations for 10 RS sears from UP. If required, polling will be held on February 27.
Bishnoi was upset with the party after he was denied state President post and had said he will only take a decision after meeting Rahul Gandhi but the meeting did not take place.
The ED lawyers had strongly opposed the pleas by both Deshmukh and Malik in the Special PMLA Court and the Bombay HC in the matter.
He further opined that MLAs can be brought to vote in support of an independent candidate only through horse trading.
