BJP has fielded finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and actor-turned-politician Jaggesh from Karnataka, while Kavita Patidar will contest from Madhya Pradesh. From Maharashtra, Union minister Goyal and Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde have been fielded for Rajya Sabha polls.
From Uttar Pradesh, Laxmikant Vajpayee, Radhamohan AAggarwal, Surendra Singh Nagar, Baburam Nishad, Darshana Singh and Sangeeta Yadav have been fielded.
In Bihar, the saffron party has given tickets to Satish Chandra Dubey and Shambhu Sharan Patel. The BJP has fielded Kalpana Saini from Uttarakhand, Krishan Lal Panwar from Haryana and Ghanshyam Tiwari from Rajasthan.
Biennial elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats will be held across 15 states on June 10.
Congress drops Azad, Anand Sharma
Prominent absentees from the Congress current list are G 23 veterans Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma.
P Chidambaram is set to return to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu with DMK’s support. He was previously in the Upper House from Maharashtra.
Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh gets his fourth term as a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka.
From Rajasthan, Sonia Gandhi has decided to field UP leader Pramod Tiwari, while ex Lok Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan is the second party candidate from Chhattisgarh alongside Rajiv Shukla. AICC minority cell chief Imran Pratapgarhi has bagged the nomination from Maharashtra.
Importantly, two G 23 leaders to be adjusted among Rajya Sabha nominees today are Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh and Mukul Wasnik from Rajasthan.
Rahul Gandhi's trusted men, Randeep Surjewala, chief spokesman and AICC general secretary in-charge Rajasthan, Ajay Maken are among 10 leaders to bag Congress party nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections next month.
Elections to 55 seats in 15 states are due on June 10.
The Congress is expected to name the RS nominee for elections from Jharkhand on May 30 and speculation is rife that Ghulam Nabi Azad could be given ticket from the JMM-led coalition ruled state. Congress is part of the ruling alliance in the state.
The last date for filing nominations is May 31.
The Congress list presents a mix of veterans and youngsters with Pratapgarhi considered close to AICC general secretary Priyanka Vadra.
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