Through PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress is prone to get 11 Rajya Sabha seats within the upcoming election cycle with a few of its best leaders, together with P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, eyeing some other time period.
This may additionally lend a hand Congress beef up its birthday celebration place within the Higher Space of Parliament from the present 29 to 33 contributors.
Every other best Congress leaders, together with Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Rajeev Shukla, are ready within the wings to get a Rajya Sabha nomination.
Of the 55 vacancies bobbing up within the Rajya Sabha within the subsequent two months, seven Congress contributors — Chidambaram (Maharashtra), Ramesh (Karnataka), Ambika Soni (Punjab), Vivek Tankha (Madhya Pradesh), Pradeep Tamta (Uttarakhand), Kapil Sibal (Uttar Pradesh) and Chhaya Verma (Chhattisgarh) — will probably be finishing their phrases.
The Congress will probably be gaining 3 to 4 seats within the Higher Space if it manages to get the entire 3 seats which are falling vacant in Rajasthan.
Whilst the birthday celebration gets two seats in Chhattisgarh, the place it’s in energy, it’ll get one seat every in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Maharashtra, the place it stocks energy with different like-minded events.
The Congress may be prone to get one seat every in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka at the power of its MLAs in those states.
Assets stated whilst Chidambaram and Ramesh are hopeful that the birthday celebration management would give a nod to them for some other time period, there are a bunch of different leaders who’re looking forward to a Rajya Sabha berth for a while now.
Chidambaram is eyeing the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu.
He has already met Tamil Nadu Leader Minister and DMK chief M Ok Stalin.
On the other hand, former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s staff is pushing for a tender face in Praveen Chakravarty, the pinnacle of the birthday celebration’s Knowledge Analytics division, for the seat.
3-time Rajya Sabha member Ramesh gets a fourth time period if his title is cleared for the lone seat in Karnataka, from the place Surjewala may be a contender.
In Haryana, Surjewala, Kumari Selja and Kuldeep Bishnoi are vying for the lone seat, however former leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is pushing for the nomination of Anand Sharma.
The previous Union minister is a outstanding member of the “Staff of 23” and is regarded as on the subject of Hooda, who may be a member of the grouping.
Assets stated Kapil Sibal was once introduced a Rajya Sabha berth via best friend Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), however the Congress management was once no longer in a position.
Sibal hand over the Congress on Wednesday and were given a Rajya Sabha nomination from Uttar Pradesh as an Unbiased with the fortify of the Samajwadi Celebration (SP).
In Chhattisgarh, the Congress has two seats and Shukla is vying for some other time period from the state.
The Congress will certainly get two seats from Rajasthan and may additionally get some other seat with the fortify of a few MLAs.
Maken and Azad are stated to be sturdy contenders for the seats.
In Maharashtra, the place the birthday celebration stocks energy within the Maha Vikas Aghadi executive, it’s going to get one Rajya Sabha seat, and Wasnik and Avinash Pande are within the race for it.
The race may be between the outdated guard within the Congress and the younger leaders, who’re prepared to get a Rajya Sabha nomination, holding in view the birthday celebration’s push for the adolescence.
On the other hand, this won’t occur instantly because the “50 under 50” system might not be acceptable within the present Rajya Sabha nominations, the assets stated.
