Birender Singh files papers for RS poll

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister Birender Singh filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday,in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

It was a show of strength by Birender who lost the last Assembly election to Indian National Lok Dal supremo Om Prakash Chautala from Uchana Kalan constituency. Congress general secretary and in-charge of Haryana affairs Prithvi Raj Chavan and Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja were also present as Birender filed his papers. After his defeat,Birender was appointed co-chairman of the coordination committee of the Congress.