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30 elected unopposed to RS; BSP, Cong bag seven seats apiece
New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI) The Bahujan Samaj Party and the
Congress bagged seven seats each as Union Minister Ambika
Soni, BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Gandhi family
loyalist Satish Sharma and journalist Chandan Mitra were among
30 candidates elected unopposed to Indian Upper House Rajya
Sabha Thursday.
The Bhartiya Janta Party garnered five seats, the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam three, the Samajwadi Party, the
Nationalist Congress Party and the All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam two apiece and the Shiromani Akali Dal and
the Shiv Sena one each as all 30 made it to the Upper House
after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations drew to close
Thursday evening.
With 30 aspirants in race for as many seats from Uttar
Pradesh (11), Maharashtra (6), TN (6), Madhya Pradesh (3),
Punjab (2), Rajasthan (1) and Uttarakhand (1) and as no one
opted out of contest, all of them were declared elected to the
Council of States by respective Returning Officers.
In Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BSP got seven berths as
Congress leader Satish Sharma and BJP's Naqvi were among 11
elected uncontested to the House of Elders.
Besides Sharma and Naqvi, others elected to the Council
of States are Satish Chandra Misra, S P Singh Baghel, Ambed
Rajan, Jugal Kishore, Narendra Kashyap, Mohd Salim Ansari and
Rajpal Saini (all BSP) and Mohan Singh and Rashid Masood (SP).
Among the Elders retiring from UP on July four, seven
belonged to the SP and two to the BSP.
Union Minister and Congress leader Ambika Soni and
SAD general secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder were declared
elected unopposed from Punjab.
Vijay Darda and Avinash Pande (both Congress), Tariq
Anwar and Ishwarlal Jain (both NCP), Piyush Goel (BJP) and
Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena) were elected from Maharashtra.
Kanhaiyalal Gidwani of the Congress withdrew from the
contest on the last day leaving six in the fray for as many
seats from the state.
Three candidates of the ruling DMK, two of the AIADMK
and one of the Congress were elected to the Rajya Sabha from
Tamil Nadu.
They are K P Ramalingam, TM Selvaganapathy, S Thangavelu
(all DMK), Manoj Pandian and K V Ramalingam (both AIADMK) and
E M Sudarsana Natchiappan (Congress).
BJP's Chandan Mitra and Anil Madhav Dave and Vijaylaxmi
Sadho of the Congress made it to the Upper Houser from Madhya
Pradesh. MORE PTI
Congress bagged seven seats each as Union Minister Ambika
Soni, BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Gandhi family
loyalist Satish Sharma and journalist Chandan Mitra were among
30 candidates elected unopposed to Indian Upper House Rajya
Sabha Thursday.
The Bhartiya Janta Party garnered five seats, the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam three, the Samajwadi Party, the
Nationalist Congress Party and the All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam two apiece and the Shiromani Akali Dal and
the Shiv Sena one each as all 30 made it to the Upper House
after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations drew to close
Thursday evening.
With 30 aspirants in race for as many seats from Uttar
Pradesh (11), Maharashtra (6), TN (6), Madhya Pradesh (3),
Punjab (2), Rajasthan (1) and Uttarakhand (1) and as no one
opted out of contest, all of them were declared elected to the
Council of States by respective Returning Officers.
In Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BSP got seven berths as
Congress leader Satish Sharma and BJP's Naqvi were among 11
elected uncontested to the House of Elders.
Besides Sharma and Naqvi, others elected to the Council
of States are Satish Chandra Misra, S P Singh Baghel, Ambed
Rajan, Jugal Kishore, Narendra Kashyap, Mohd Salim Ansari and
Rajpal Saini (all BSP) and Mohan Singh and Rashid Masood (SP).
Among the Elders retiring from UP on July four, seven
belonged to the SP and two to the BSP.
Union Minister and Congress leader Ambika Soni and
SAD general secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder were declared
elected unopposed from Punjab.
Vijay Darda and Avinash Pande (both Congress), Tariq
Anwar and Ishwarlal Jain (both NCP), Piyush Goel (BJP) and
Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena) were elected from Maharashtra.
Kanhaiyalal Gidwani of the Congress withdrew from the
contest on the last day leaving six in the fray for as many
seats from the state.
Three candidates of the ruling DMK, two of the AIADMK
and one of the Congress were elected to the Rajya Sabha from
Tamil Nadu.
They are K P Ramalingam, TM Selvaganapathy, S Thangavelu
(all DMK), Manoj Pandian and K V Ramalingam (both AIADMK) and
E M Sudarsana Natchiappan (Congress).
BJP's Chandan Mitra and Anil Madhav Dave and Vijaylaxmi
Sadho of the Congress made it to the Upper Houser from Madhya
Pradesh. MORE PTI
