Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is likely to be occasion’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Rajasthan, sources mentioned on Monday (February 12). She is at present a Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli, a standard stronghold of the Congress occasion. However, it was earlier speculated that she may contest Rajya Sabha elections this time as a substitute of the Lok Sabha polls.
The occasion is likely to subject occasion chief and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi as a candidate from Karnataka. Syed Naseer Hussain is likely to be given the ticket to the Upper House of the Parliament once more whereas Ajay Maken may additionally get the ticket, sources mentioned.
Congress will announce its candidates within the subsequent one to two days.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Opposition throughout his tackle within the Parliament within the recently-concluded Budget Session and instructed that its leaders lacked the arrogance to contest the Lok Sabha elections and had been in search of the Rajya Sabha route to enter the Parliament.
“I see that many of you (Opposition) have even lost the courage to contest elections. Some seats were changed last time too, I have heard that many people are looking to change their seats this time as well. I have also heard that many people now want to go to Rajya Sabha instead of Lok Sabha. They are looking for their paths by assessing the situation,” he had mentioned throughout his reply for the Motion of Thanks to the President’s tackle in Lok Sabha.
Congress underneath strain
The elections can be held on 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states, out of which, Congress will contest on 9 seats. The BJP and TMC have already introduced their Rajya Sabha candidates whereas Congress is but to announce candidates.
According to sources, the Congress occasion is feeling the strain from its state models to ship leaders from respective states to Rajya Sabha. In states like Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the state unit was upset when within the final elections not even a single candidate belonging to the state was fielded. This time, Congress is underneath strain to give Rajya Sabha tickets to the state leaders solely.
In the final elections, Imran Pratapgarhi was given the ticket for Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. This time, the Congress was anticipated to get one seat from the state, nevertheless, after the resignation of Ashok Chavan from the occasion, if some MLAs additionally go away the occasion, the occasion is likely to lose the seat from the state in such a state of affairs.
Out of the 5 Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan, Neeraj Dangi is the one Congress MP hailing from the state. Besides him, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari had been despatched to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. KC Venugopal and Dr Manmohan Singh additionally reached Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. This time, the state unit is demanding a frontrunner hailing from the state to be despatched to Rajya Sabha. In the method, Sonia Gandhi is likely to contest the Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, sources mentioned.
Rajya Sabha elections
The Election Commission of India on January 29 introduced the Rajya Sabha ballot dates. The elections are all set to happen on February 27 and the votes can be counted on the identical day. The time period of workplace of 56 members are due to expire on their retirement in April, 2024.
According to the Election Commission’s letter, the final date for nomination for Rajya Sabha elections is February 15. Scrutiny of nomination papers can be held on February 16. The final date for withdrawal of nominations has been stored as February 20. Voting will happen on February 27 between 9 am and 4 pm and counting of votes will happen on the identical day at 5 pm.
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