Yechury may get second RS term

Yechury is expected to file his nomination on July 7. A Left Front meeting will be held on July 7,after which the Left candidate will file his nomination, said Surya Kanta Mishra,Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.

The Left will only be able to send one member as it has only 61 MLAs at least 42 votes are needed for each seat. Party sources said the main reason for choosing Yechury is that he is a member of several parliamentary committees,including the joint parliamentary committee on 2G spectrum scam.

Meanwhile,Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided on three Trinamool Congress candidates for the Rajya Sabha former Land Reforms Commissioner Debabrata Bandopadhyay,quiz master Derek OBrien and outgoing MP Swapan Sadhan Boses son Srinjoy Bose. She is yet to decide on the fourth candidate.

The Congress,which can send one member,is yet to decide on its candidate. Four names are doing the rounds WBPCC working president Pradip Bhattacharya,WBPCC spokesman Om Prakash Mishra,Pradyot Guha,personal assistant to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee,and senior Congress leader Maya Ghosh.