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  • Haryana RS polls: BJP’s Krishan Panwar, Unbiased candidate win, Congress’ Ajay Maken loses

    By way of PTI

    CHANDIGARH The BJP’s Krishan Lal Panwar and Unbiased candidate Kartikeya Sharma, sponsored through the saffron birthday celebration and its best friend JJP, have gained the 2 Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, officers mentioned early Saturday, after the counting of votes which used to be behind schedule through hours over allegation of violation of laws. Senior Congress chief Ajay Maken didn’t get sufficient votes.

    In keeping with a senior Election Fee professional right here, Panwar were given 36 votes, whilst Sharma were given 23 first choice votes and 6 transferred from the BJP, taking his tally to 29. Congress MLA and the birthday celebration’s accepted polling agent BB Batra mentioned whilst the birthday celebration’s Kuldeep Bishnoi cross-voted, the vote of every other birthday celebration MLA used to be declared invalid.

    The counting of votes started previous middle of the night Friday after the Election Fee gave the go-ahead. The counting used to be held up after the BJP and an Unbiased candidate sponsored through it had alleged violation of laws and demanded the votes of 2 Congress MLAs be declared invalid. Election Fee resources in Delhi mentioned the call for used to be rejected.

    Panwar and Sharma had written to the EC, alleging Congress MLAs Kiran Choudhary and B B Batra confirmed their poll papers to unauthorised individuals after marking them and that the episodes have been recorded through cameras.

    The Congress had additionally approached the Election Fee accusing the BJP of looking to defeat the method of unfastened and truthful election and demanded rapid declaration of effects.

    89 of a complete of 90 MLAs in Haryana had forged their votes whilst Unbiased MLA Balraj Kundu had abstained from vote casting.

  • Rajya Sabha polls: EC offers go-ahead for counting of votes in Maharashtra, Haryana

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Election Fee Friday evening directed Rajya Sabha election returning officials of Haryana and Maharashtra to move forward with the counting of votes which was once held up following court cases about violation of laws.

    The ballot panel additionally directed the returning officer of Maharashtra to reject the vote solid through Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande.

    The highest brass of the EC went via detailed studies submitted through the returning officials of the 2 states, together with video pictures, earlier than giving the go-ahead for counting, officers stated.

    The counting was once held up in Maharashtra after the BJP alleged that 3 MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) — Cupboard ministers Jitendra Awhad (NCP) and Yashomati Thakur (Congress) and Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande — violated the style code for balloting.

    The BJP has alleged that Awhad and Thakur passed over their ballots to their birthday party brokers as a substitute of most effective appearing them the ballots, whilst Kande confirmed his poll to 2 other brokers. The counting was once placed on cling in Haryana for an identical causes.

    The BJP and the Unbiased candidate sponsored through it have instructed the Election Fee to cancel the votes of 2 Congress MLAs within the state.

    BJP nominee Krishan Lal Panwar and Unbiased candidate Kartikeya Sharma shot off a missive to the EC, alleging Congress MLAs Kiran Choudhary and B B Batra confirmed their poll papers to unauthorised individuals after marking them and that the episodes have been “duly captured” on cameras.

    The Congress has, in the meantime, approached the Election Fee accusing the BJP of seeking to defeat the method of loose and truthful election to the Rajya Sabha in Haryana and demanded rapid declaration of effects.

  • Haryana Cong MLAs succeed in Delhi from Raipur, to reach in Chandigarh hours ahead of RS polls Friday

    Via PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Haryana Congress MLAs who have been lodged in a hotel in Chattisgarh’s Raipur reached Delhi Thursday night and are anticipated to reach right here Friday morning to solid their votes within the Rajya Sabha elections, resources stated.

    The ruling BJP-JJP MLAs remained lodged at a hotel right here for the second one day as all sides braced for a willing contest on one of the crucial two seats going to the polls.

    #WATCH | Haryana Congress MLAs arrive in Delhi, from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, forward of the Rajya Sabha elections the following day. percent.twitter.com/MT4jNPiox8

    — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2022

    In a late-evening building, lone Indian Nationwide Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala declared his fortify to Kartikeya Sharma, who has entered the fray as an Unbiased candidate subsidized through the BJP-JJP mix and maximum Independents.

    The BJP has fielded former minister Krishan Lal Panwar whilst Ajay Maken is the Congress nominee. The Congress had shifted its MLAs to Raipur per week in the past fearing poaching of its legislators.

    Assets stated they left the hotel there on Thursday night and reached Delhi. They’re anticipated to succeed in Chandigarh within the morning. After attaining Chandigarh, they’ll have breakfast at Hooda’s place of dwelling right here and continue from there to solid their votes, resources stated.

    Chatting with newshounds in Delhi, senior Congress chief Vivek Bansal, who’s the birthday party’s Haryana affairs incharge, exuded self belief that Ajay Maken will win conveniently.

    Congress chief Deepender Singh Hooda additionally stated the birthday party candidate will win conveniently.

    Senior birthday party chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who were in Delhi for the previous few days, reached right here on Thursday night. It’s learnt that each Hooda and birthday party chief Kuldeep Bishnoi reached right here in the similar flight from Delhi.

    Previous, Bishnoi, who’s the MLA from Adampur in Hisar, didn’t cross to Raipur as he was once reportedly disappointed with the birthday party for ignoring him within the fresh reshuffle in its state unit. He had lobbied for the submit of the state unit leader, which went to former leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda loyalist Udai Bhan.

    Every other senior chief, Kiran Choudhary, too, didn’t cross to Raipur reportedly because of well being causes. “Now we have were given enough numbers and our candidate will win conveniently with 31 votes,” Hooda had instructed PTI on Wednesday.

    The BJP-JJP too had shifted their MLAs to a hotel in Chandigarh. They’re attending a “coaching consultation” in reference to the vote casting procedure, Haryana BJP leader O P Dhankar had stated.

    BJP’s senior leaders, together with Leader Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Dhankar, too had joined them.

    Whilst the BJP with 40 MLAs has enough votes to win one seat, the competition has spiced up for the second one seat with the access of media baron Kartikeya Sharma. He’s additionally supported through maximum Independents and Gopal Kanda, lone MLA of the Haryana Lokhit Celebration. A candidate wishes 31 votes to win the elections.

    Indian Nationwide Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday declared his fortify to Sharma after a gathering of his birthday party.

    Replying to a query, Abhay Singh Chautala stated the media baron’s brother Manu Sharma, who had helped his father previously, approached him for fortify. Now, through supporting Kartikeya Sharma, he’s repaying the debt, he stated.

    Chautala stated there’s no query of supporting the Congress, “which has looted the rustic”. “For me, there could also be no query of vote casting for the BJP candidate because the birthday party pursued anti-farmer insurance policies,” he stated.

    He stated if he abstains from vote casting, then it could imply benefitting the Congress candidate within the fray, which he can by no means do.

    The INLD chief additionally lashed out at Bhupinder Singh Hooda, announcing he can cross to “any extent to serve his political pursuits”.

    Unbiased MLA Balraj Kundu, who’s but to make his stand transparent on whom he’s going to fortify, was once on Thursday night approached through Sharma’s father and previous Union minister Venod Sharma, who sought fortify for his son.

    Venod, who had additionally remained a minister within the erstwhile Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led executive, had floated his personal outfit Jan Chetna Celebration. The media baron’s spouse’s father Kuldeep Sharma is a senior Congress chief and a former speaker of the state Meeting.

    On Thursday, Balraj Kundu instructed newshounds that he’s going to divulge his technique on Friday.

    Kundu took a dig on the BJP, announcing its leaders used to take potshots on the Congress for accommodation their legislators in a hotel over fears of poaching however now they too have performed the similar factor. “Why the BJP and the JJP are accommodation their MLAs in a hotel right here. Something is obvious from this that each outfits would not have religion of their MLAs they usually worry cross-voting,” he stated.

    Haryana Meeting Secretary and Returning Officer for the polls R Okay Nandal stated on Thursday the polling can be held from 9 am to 4 pm. The votes can be counted quickly thereafter.

    The votes can be marked through a different pen equipped through the Election Fee. Each and every MLA after casting his vote will give up the pen to the officer deputed through the ballot frame, Nandal instructed newshounds.

    Nandal stated that Haryana’s Leader Electoral Officer and one central observer, who’s Manipur’s Leader Electoral Officer, can be provide to supervise the ballot procedure.

    Within the 90-member Haryana Meeting, the BJP has 40 MLAs whilst the Congress has 31.

    The JJP, which is an best friend of the BJP, has 10 legislators whilst the Indian Nationwide Lok Dal and Haryana Lokhit Celebration have one every and 7 are independents.

    Two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana will fall vacant in August with the phrases of media baron Subhash Chandra and BJP chief Dushyant Gautam expiring.

  • Be sure your vote does not flip invalid because of some mistake: Fadnavis tells celebration MLAs on RS polls eve

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: At the eve of elections to 6 Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday held a gathering right here with the MLAs of his celebration, the place he steered them to make certain that their votes don’t flip invalid because of some mistake.

    The previous leader minister used to be chatting with the BJP MLAs at a resort. “You may have been urged on the right way to workout the preferential vote casting for the Rajya Sabha. You’ll have to make certain that your vote is not going to transform invalid because of some mistake,” the Chief of Opposition within the state Legislative Meeting stated.

    “We’ve got instructed you the right way to vote and also you will have to do it accordingly,” he added.

    Union Railway Minister and election in-charge for the BJP Ashwini Vaishnav used to be additionally provide at this assembly.

    Fadnavis, who examined adverse for COVID-19 on Thursday, days after being discovered inflamed, joined the assembly and addressed the MLAs.

    After greater than 20 years, Maharashtra will witness a competition within the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven applicants within the fray for 6 seats.

    Polling shall be held on the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complicated, right here between 9 am and four pm.

    Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde, Dhananjay Mahadik (BJP), Praful Patel (NCP), Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar (Shiv Sena) and Imran Pratapgarhi (Congress) are within the fray for the six seats of the Higher Space of Parliament.

    The competition is for the 6th seat – between BJP’s Mahadik and Sena’s Pawar. Each vote has transform a very powerful after BJP made up our minds to box its 3rd candidate within the election.

    The BJP has 106 MLAs within the decrease space of the Maharashtra legislature whilst it claimed to have make stronger of a few impartial and small events as neatly.

  • RS polls: Uddhav, Pawar, Kharge meet MVA legislators

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: In a display of unity forward of June 10 election for 6 Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the 3 events right here on Tuesday.

    As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Unbiased MLAs and smaller events to cobble up fortify, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a town resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.

    “The executive minister mentioned all over the assembly that our victory is bound and requested the legislators of the 3 events to stick united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.

    MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Unbiased legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was once the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led executive in 2019.

    Within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting (which paperwork the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whilst the choice of Independents is 13.

    With one Meeting seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in prison, the quota of votes consistent with profitable candidate is 41.

    Mumbai | Forward of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP speak about the tactic. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others provide at Trident %.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

    — ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2022

    A complete of 7 applicants — 3 applicants of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for 6 seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.

    The competition for the 6th seat might be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA must touch his birthday party if they want fortify whilst the Samajwadi Celebration has sought Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s rationalization at the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.

    All 55 legislators of the Sena were summoned to Mumbai and they are going to keep in combination until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.

    “We have been at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too have been provide there. That was once a part of our technique. We can be shifting to resort Trident (in south Mumbai) lately,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned previous within the day.

    The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting the place vote casting will happen.

    Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Celebration, who’ve prolonged their fortify to the MVA executive.

    The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the Space. Samajwadi Celebration MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.

    Shaikh instructed newshounds that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to elucidate the federal government’s secular credentials.

    “The Commonplace Minimal Programme on which the federal government was once shaped and the language of Hindutva spoken via the executive minister in his speech. There may be such a lot distinction (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM must) explain whether or not the federal government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.

    What has the federal government finished within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee have no longer been shaped till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Celebration is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We’re with the MVA, however take a look at the calls for. It’s ideological.”

    BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, searching for his fortify. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has 3 MLAs and he’s referred to as a supporter of NCP leader Sharad Pawar.

    The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whilst the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).

    Given its energy within the Meeting (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whilst the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.

    The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes in combination to verify the victory for the second one candidate of the Sena.

  • RS polls: With shut contest anticipated in different states, events sweat it out to stay flock in combination

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI/JAIPUR/MUMBAI: Forward of the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, political temperatures had been hovering in different states that might see shut contests, with events looking to stay their flock in combination and buying and selling accusations of poaching of MLAs.

    After greater than 20 years, Maharashtra will witness a competition within the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven applicants within the fray for 6 seats.

    The Shiv Sena has made up our minds to shift its MLAs to a five-star lodge in south Mumbai to push back overtures and the ruling MVA leaders had been maintaining talks with smaller events and Independents backing the tripartite dispensation.

    Maharashtra | Shiv Sena MLAs being shifted to a lodge in Malad, Mumbai forward of the Rajya Sabha elections %.twitter.com/BdZOI8CuBJ

    — ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2022

    The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days. “We had been in ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too had been provide there. We can be shifting to lodge ‘The Trident’ (in south Mumbai),” Sena MLA and birthday party spokesperson Sunil Prabhu stated.

    The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting the place vote casting will happen.

    Within the 288-member Area, smaller events have 16 MLAs in combination whilst the collection of Independents is 13. A complete of 7 candidates- BJP (3), Shiv Sena (2), NCP (1), and Congress (1)- are within the fray for the six RS seats. The competition for the 6th seat is between BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar.

    Mumbai | Forward of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP talk about the tactic. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others provide at Trident %.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

    — ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2022

    In Rajasthan, the BJP wrote to the Enforcement Directorate and the Rajasthan leader electoral officer, expressing apprehensions about horse-trading and the usage of black cash within the Rajya Sabha polls.

    The Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting, Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia, Deputy Chief of Opposition Rajendra Rathore and birthday party whip Jogeshwar Garg accused the Congress of misusing govt equipment to intimidate MLAs.

    Their response got here as Rajasthan police serve a understand to BJP legislator Chandrakanta Meghwal in a five-year-old attack case.

    Meghwal, who’s tenting in Jaipur with different MLAs of the birthday party forward of elections to the higher area, didn’t seem on the police station in Kota.

    ALSO READ | Congress complains to EC over ‘horse-trading’ in Rajya Sabha polls in Rajasthan

    After the awareness, the opposition BJP accused Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot of hatching a conspiracy however an aide of the Congres chief brushed aside the fee announcing the case in opposition to Meghwal was once registered when the BJP was once in energy.

    The Congress had shifted its MLAs to Udaipur on June 2, announcing it fears horse-trading through the BJP.

    Congress chief Mahesh Joshi gave a letter to the executive electoral officer challenging motion in opposition to alleged horse-trading makes an attempt.

    Joshi, on the other hand, didn’t identify any individual or any birthday party within the criticism. He had additionally given a identical criticism to the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Sunday. Elections to 4 seats of the Rajya Sabha from the state will happen on June 10.

    ALSO READ | Understand to Rajasthan MLA in five-year-old case, BJP hyperlinks it to Rajya Sabha polls

    Whilst the Congress can simply win two and the BJP one, the competition is for the fourth seat for which the BJP is backing Unbiased candidate Subhash Chandra.

    Chandra claimed that 8 Congress MLAs would possibly vote for him and requested former deputy leader minister Sachin Pilot to additionally pass facets. This might be a chance for Pilot to avenge his “humiliation”, the media baron advised newshounds.

    Pilot, on the other hand, suggested Chandra to withdraw from the competition to keep away from being humiliated. “An recommendation to the Unbiased candidate of Rajasthan — Higher to be out of the competition prior to vote casting on tenth. It’s higher to be humble than to be humiliated,” he tweeted.

    “Sadly politics isn’t like creating a TV sequence the place you make a decision who will do what,” he stated, focused on the media baron.

    In the meantime, an reputable commentary claimed the 2 legislators of the Bharatiya Tribal Birthday party (BTP) have made up our minds to strengthen the ruling Congress after assembly Gehlot.

    Alternatively, the legislators stated they need to keep in a circuit area or another position than the lodge the place different Congress legislators are tenting, in keeping with the commentary.

    Six applicants are within the fray for the Rajya Sabha ballot to 4 seats from Karnataka, resulting in a heated contest for the fourth seat. The Congress on Tuesday appealed to the ‘secular MLAs’ to forged their ‘judgment of right and wrong votes’ for his or her candidate Mansoor Ali Khan.

    Congress Karnataka unit leader D Okay Shivakumar stated he and previous Leader Minister Siddaramaiah had been making this attraction to everybody within the Karnataka Meeting. Providing to business 2nd choice votes with the Congress, JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy stated his primary time table is to defeat the BJP.

    The previous leader minister additionally claimed that even though JD(S) manages to get the 22 2nd choice votes from the Congress, it is going to be in a number one place.

    In spite of now not having the ok collection of votes to win the fourth seat from the state Meeting, the entire 3 political events within the state — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — have fielded applicants for the seat, forcing an election.

    “My primary time table is that BJP will have to face a defeat, I am able for it. After Congress Normal Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala known as me, I calculated and feature in my opinion knowledgeable him that we (JDS) are able to switch our 32 2nd choice votes to Congress, however need their (Congress) 24 2nd choice votes in go back,” Kumaraswamy stated.

    Chatting with newshounds, he stated he does not have a greater be offering than this to make and requested Congress to end up its “secular dedication”.

    The six applicants within the fray for Rajya Sabha polls from the state are – Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh and outgoing MLC Lehar Singh Siroya from the BJP, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh and state common secretary Mansoor Ali Khan from the Congress, and previous MP D Kupendra Reddy from the JD(S).

    In spite of the JD(S) in search of strengthen to make sure Reddy’s election to the Higher Area of the parliament, the Congress didn’t withdraw its 2nd candidate Khan from the fray and has issued a whip to all its MLAs asking them to vote for the birthday party’s applicants.

    There are talks inside political circles that the BJP is also if choice votes had been to be counted and Congress and JD(S) do not come to any working out.

  • Rajya Sabha polls: Rajasthan BSP whip asks its 6 MLAs, who’ve merged with Congress, to vote for Subhash Chandra

    Through PTI

    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan BSP Saturday issued a whip asking six MLAs who had gained as BSP applicants however later merged with the Congress to vote for best Impartial candidate Subhash Chandra who’s within the fray for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

    Issuing the whip, BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba stated the six MLAs had gained their seats within the 2018 state polls on BSP image and “are certain to paintings as in step with the birthday celebration whip”.

    “The BSP does now not believe the insurance policies of the Congress and the BJP, and due to this fact opposes their applicants. The birthday celebration has issued a whip directing the MLAs to vote for the Impartial candidate,” he stated, including suitable motion will likely be taken if the whip is violated.

    The six MLAs are: Rajendra Gudha, Lakhan Meena, Deepchand Kheria, Sandeep Yadav, Joginder Awana and Wajib Ali.

    They’d who the 2018 meeting elections as BSP applicants, however merged the BSP legislature birthday celebration with the ruling Congress in September 2019.

    The election on 4 seats of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan will happen on June 10.

    The Congress has shifted a lot of its MLAs and Independents to a resort in Udaipur to give protection to them from horse buying and selling.

    Of the six BSP grew to become Congress MLAs, just one — Joginder Awana — is within the camp in Udaipur.

    Rajendra Gudha, who’s a minister of state, expressed his resentment Thursday, announcing the MLAs don’t get due appreciate within the Congress.

    The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala and Pramod Tiwari, whilst the BJP has nominated former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari and supported media baron Subhash Chandra who has filed nomination as an impartial.

  • Rajya Sabha polls: Papers of Impartial candidate rejected; BJP, SP nominees set to get elected unopposed

    By means of PTI

    LUCKNOW: The nomination of Impartial candidate Mauni Falhari Bapu used to be rejected for the Rajya Sabha elections on Wednesday whilst papers of eleven BJP and Samajwadi Birthday celebration applicants have been authorised, paving the best way for the unopposed election of nominees of the 2 events.

    A commentary from the place of job of Leader Electoral Officer right here stated that nomination of the Impartial candidate Bapu used to be cancelled all the way through scrutiny.

    It, alternatively, didn’t point out the cause of the rejection.

    With the rejection of the Impartial candidate’s papers, 11 applicants, 8 of the BJP and 3 from SP camp, are left within the fray for as many seats of Parliament falling vacant via July from the state.

    June 3 is the remaining date for the withdrawal of nomination whilst June 10 is the ballot date if vital.

    Those that submitted their papers from the ruling BJP are OBC Morcha nationwide president Ok Laxman, former state birthday party leader Laxmikant Vajpayee, Mithilesh Kumar, Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal, Surendra Singh Nagar, Baburam Nishad, Darshana Singh and Sangeeta Yadav.

    The Samajwadi Birthday celebration has fielded Javed Ali Khan and supported Impartial candidate Kapil Sibal and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhury Some of the BJP applicants, Mithilesh Kumar is a former Lok Sabha MP from Shahjahanpur.

    He used to be elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 on a Samajwadi Birthday celebration price ticket.

    He’s additionally a two-time MLA from Shahjahanpur’s Powayan Meeting constituency, which he had received as soon as as an impartial and later at the Samajwadi Birthday celebration price ticket.

    Ok Laxman is the nationwide president of the BJP’s OBC Morcha.

    He used to be additionally the previous president of BJP’s Telangana unit.

    Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal, a former birthday party MLA, had vacated the Gorakhpur City Meeting seat for Yogi Adityanath.

    Laxmikant Vajpayee is a former state unit leader and Surendra Nagar is a sitting Rajya Sabha MP.

    Bauburam Nishad is the chairman of UP Backward Categories Finance and Building Company.

    With 273 MLAs within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting, the BJP-led alliance will simply be capable of get 8 participants elected to the Higher Area of Parliament whilst the SP and its allies (RLD and SBSP), with a energy of 125 legislators, will be capable of make sure the victory of 3 applicants.

    Uttar Pradesh sends 31 participants to the Rajya Sabha.

    The BJP has decided on its nominees holding in thoughts the social equation with a watch at the 2024 Common Election.

  • Rajasthan: Congress to shift birthday party MLAs to Udaipur resort forward of Rajya Sabha polls

    By way of PTI

    JAIPUR: The Congress has determined to shift its MLAs in Rajasthan to a Udaipur resort, with birthday party resources pronouncing they concern that the BJP will poach them forward of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

    “The MLAs were requested to achieve Udaipur. Some are more likely to cross nowadays and the remaining can be attaining Udaipur the next day,” a supply stated.

    Except the Congress MLAs, impartial legislators and the ones belonging to different events and supporting the ruling outfit may also be shifted to Udaipur.

    The MLAs will keep within the resort the place the Congress birthday party’s Chintan Shivir used to be held ultimate month.

    The Congress transfer has come an afternoon after media baron Subhash Chandra, who’s sponsored by way of the BJP, filed his nomination papers as an impartial candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls.

    The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Pramod Tiwari and Randeep Singh Surjewala for the elections to 4 seats of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.

    The BJP has named former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari.

    Chandra is recently a member of the Higher Area of Parliament from Haryana and his time period goes to run out on August 1.

    The submitting of papers by way of him as an impartial candidate had brought on Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot to allege that the BJP needs to bask in horse buying and selling.

    The ruling Congress in Rajasthan with its 108 MLAs within the state Meeting is about to win two of the 4 seats going to the elections on June 10.

    After successful two seats, the Congress may have 26 surplus votes, 15 wanting the desired 41 to win the 3rd seat.

    Then again, the BJP has 71 MLAs within the state Meeting and set to win one seat, and then it is going to be left with 30 surplus votes.

    Gehlot and the Congress applicants had on Tuesday held a gathering with 10 of 13 impartial MLAs in Rajasthan, simply hours after Chandra filed his papers.

  • Most sensible leaders in race as Congress would possibly get 11 Rajya Sabha seats, strengthen its place in Higher Space 

    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.