Union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala from Gujarat, and Union minister Narayan Rane from Maharashtra are among those retiring from the House.
Bihar former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav was at the Bihar Assembly as he accompanied RJD candidates Manoj Jha and Sanjay Yadav who filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections.
The BJP is also short of 10 votes to secure the victory of its eighth candidate. Sanjay Seth, who switched from the SP to the BJP in 2019, is contesting as the saffron party's eighth Rajya Sabha candidate in Uttar Pradesh.
Ex-Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli since 2004. In the last election, her son Rahul Gandhi lost his family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani. BJP claims 'fear to lose' is the reason behind her shifting from Lok Sabha to Rajya Sabha.
Three seats are up for grabs from Telangana and the BRS can bag one seat with its strength of 39 MLAs in the House of 119.
Dholakia is the founder and chairman of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Private Limited, a Surat-based diamond manufacturing and exporting company based in Surat.
There are strong indications that many of the MPs who have not been renominated may contest the Lok Sabha elections.
Six seats from Maharashtra are up for grabs as the terms of the sitting MPs are expiring. The election is scheduled for February 27.
Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha will take place on February 27. In the list, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath's name is not there. Reports say that he wanted to go to Rajya Sabha and had also met Sonia Gandhi to convey the same.
The MPs whose current term is nearing expiry are Vashishth Narayan Singh and Aneel Hegde (JDU), Sushil Kumar Modi (BJP), Manoj Kumar Jha and Ashfaq Karim (RJD) and state Congress president Akhilesh Prasad Singh.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies - Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar - held a meeting on Wednesday to finalise the names for the Upper House. Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states will be held on February 27.
Maya Naroliya, who heads the party's 'Mahila Morcha' in the state, Umesh Nath Maharaj, a religious figure, and Banshilal Gurjar, a national vice president of its 'Kisan Morcha', are the other candidates in Madhya Pradesh.
Sonia Gandhi's decision to contest from Rajasthan instead of southern states, where the Congress also holds sway, underscores the party's commitment to the Hindi heartland, signaling continuity in its regional representation.
The Election Commission said that the biennial Rajya Sabha polls will be held on February 27 for 56 seats. The elections will be held on 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states, out of which, Congress will contest on nine seats.
BJP has already announced the names of its two candidates from Bihar, former ministers Bhim Singh and Dharamsheela Gupta. These three NDA candidates will file nominations on February 14.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has named two candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls for as many seats in Rajasthan.
Sonia Gandhi is likely to contest Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, sources said. Rajya Sabha elections are set to be held on February 27.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar pulled up Jairam Ramesh over the "misconduct" and said that he does not deserve to be in the Upper House of the Parliament.
A few days ago, Kamal Nath brushed aside a query on his joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party but added that political leaders are free and not bound to be associated with any outfit.
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