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Four AIADMK nominees and CPI(M)'s T K Rangarajan today filed their nomination papers for the February 7 Rajya Sabha elections.
AIADMK's L Sasikala Pushpa, Vijila Sathyanand, A K Selvaraj and S Muthukaruppan besides Rangarajan filed their nomination papers in the presence of AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the state secretariat here.
Biennial elections are being held for six Rajya Sabha seats in the state, as the terms of six members-- A A Jinnah and Vasanthi Stanley (both DMK), G K Vasan and Jayanthi Natarajan (both Congress), N Balaganga (AIADMK) and that of Rangarajan end by April 2.
Rangarajan has been renominated for a successive term by the party while DMK's Tiruchi N Siva has already filed his papers.
