The Congress today repeated most incumbents in its first list of Rajya Sabha candidates Four ministers "" Murli Deora (petroleum), Prithviraj Chavan (minister of state in the prime minister's office), T Subbirami Reddy and GK Vasan "" are set to be re-nominated. |
Among the new faces, former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Mukut Mithi and Assam unit chief Bhubaneshwar Kalita have been nominated. |
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The party has also re-nominated its treasurer Motilal Vora from Chhattisgarh. The former chief minister of Manipur, Rishang Keishing, is also set for another term. |
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Ram Prakash from Haryana, Nandi Yellaiah (Andhra Pradesh) and RC Khuntia (Orissa) have also got party tickets. |
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Other names are Jayanthi Natarajan from Tamil Nadu, MA Kahan from Andhra Pradesh, Prabha Thakur from Rajasthan, Alka Kshatriya from Gujarat and SC Marak from Meghalaya. |
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Meanwhile, the Left Front today came out with its list of four candidates from the state. The CPI(M) will retain its three seats and in a peace formula among the Left Front allies, the CPI will be accommodated later on a seat that is currently held by the Forward Block. |
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While Forward Block General Secretary Debabrat Biswas has been re-nominated, his comrade Barun Mukherjee will have to later vacate his seat for the CPI. |
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