Rajya Sabha Polls

The nominations were filed before the Secretary of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

A pro-Digvijaya Congress leader filed a petition alleging BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's nomination papers for the recent Rajya Sabha election concealed a criminal case pending against him

Singh and Scindia are known as 'Raja' and 'Maharaja', respectively, for their royal lineage

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had days ago slammed the BJP for "indulging in horse-trading"

The Congress has accused the BJP of trying to break the Opposition party to win the Rajya Sabha polls

The party, with 68 MLAs now, can't win two seats because it needs 72. It's in talks with NCP, Bharatiya Tribal Party, and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani

Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi informed the House on Monday

Elections for a total of 55 Rajya Sabha seats in different states would be held on March 26

BJP leader and former Union Minister Jyotiradtya Scindia will arrive in Bhopal tomorrow afternoon

Singh was nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll

DMK nominated M Shanmugam, general secretary, Labour Progressive Front, and senior counsel B Wilson, former additional solicitor general of India, as its candidates

The Election Commission has announced elections on June 7 to fill the two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, one of which is represented by Singh and the other by Santiuse Kujur, also a Congress member

The NDA, which won despite being in a minority in the upper house, played the game masterfully and got its flock together - a feat the opposition could not manage despite having had ample time

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP has won 9 seats out of 10; apart from 68-odd seats BJP has, its allies have 18 seats

Polling and counting of votes will be held on March 23 for all the four seats

Congress President Rahul Gandhi joined Telugu Desam Party at Jantar Mantar, where its members were staging a protest to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Union minister Smriti Irani and BJP chief Amit Shah on being elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. Shah and Irani made their maiden entry into the upper house, polls for which were held yesterday. "Congratulations to BJP President @AmitShah & ministerial colleague @smritiirani on getting elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat," Modi wrote in a tweet. The prime minister also congratulated Shah for completing three years as the BJP chief and noted that the saffron party's base had expanded during this period. "Congratulations to Shri @AmitShah on completing 3 successful years as @BJP4India President," he said in another tweet. Modi said under Shah's leadership, the BJP has expanded its base in several areas and diligently worked towards nation building.

The MLA said the decision to vote for the Congress nominee was solely his own

Have everyone's supporting including NCP, Ahmed Patel will win: Congress