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Rajya Sabha polls: Full list of winners
The big surprises the elections came in Haryana and Jharkhand, where candidates of the BJP denied victories to Congress-backed nominees who were considered fairly certain to enter Parliament.
After Rajya Sabha polls, parties move against rebels
BJP ally SBSP seeks explanation from two of its MLAs
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SBSP chief seeks explanation from two MLAs over reports of cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls
"I have served notices to Kailash Nath Sonekar and Tirveni Ram seeking an explanation following reports in a section of media that they cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha election," SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar said
Will sulking BJP ally play spoilsport for its candidate in Rajya Sabha polls?
While the BJP has the numbers to send its eight candidates to the Upper House, its ally, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), which has four MLAs in the 403-member UP Assembly, holds key to the fate of its ninth nominee.
Rajya Sabha polls: All four candidates from Gujarat elected unopposed
BJP's Union ministers Purshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandavia, and Congress candidates Naran Rathwa and Amee Yajnik are declared elected unopposed," Returning Officer for Rajya Sabha polls, A V Karova, said.
TMC to back Abhishek Singhvi in RS polls: Mamata Banerjee
“We are supporting him because he had fought several (legal) cases on behalf of the state government. Singhvi and Kapil Sibal usually fights cases on our behalf. So, we are supporting the Congress candidate, as the CPM did not field a candidate from the state,” Mamata said.
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Rajya Sabha Polls: Congress yet to finalise names, likely to field Sam Pitroda
He had also served as chairman of the National Knowledge Commission from 2005 to 2009 and as an adviser to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on public information infrastructure and innovation with the rank of a cabinet minister.
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress MLAs staying in Bengaluru resort to return to Gujarat on Monday
This comes days after the Income Tax raided Karnataka energy minister D K Shivakumar's properties and recovered over Rs 10 crore in cash. He has been hosting the MLAs after the Congress moved them to the state fearing defections ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls on August 8.
Rajya Sabha polls: SC to hear Congress plea against option of NOTA in RS election
The petition, filed by Shailesh Manubhai Parmar, the chief whip of the party in the Gujarat Assembly, requested the court to quash the August 1 circular issued by the secretary. The circular said the NOTA option would be made applicable in the elections to the Upper House.
Rajya Sabha polls: Left fields candidate, nomination likely to be rejected
Later, Left Legislature Party leader Sujan Chakraborty and senior CPM leader Rabin Deb met Koley, who is also the returning officer (RO) for the Rajya Sabha elections.
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