Rajya Sabha Polls

GG News Bureau Shimla, 11th March. The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against independent MLA Ashish Sharma and others, including the father of a disqualified Congress rebel, over alleged electoral offences…

GG News Bureau Lucknow, 27th Feb. In a significant blow to the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, its chief whip in the Assembly, Manoj Kumar Pandey, tendered his resignation this morning. The move…

GG News Bureau Kolkata, 10th July. The Trinamool Congress declared its candidates for the six Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal that will go up for election later this month on Monday. Derek O'Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Dola Sen…

GG News Bureau Jaipur/Chandigarh/Mumbai/Bengaluru, 11th June. The high-stakes Rajya Sabha polls in four states (Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan and Karnataka) on Friday turned out to be a nail-biting battle. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

GG News Bureau Chandigarh, 11th June. Congress’ candidate Ajay Maken lost the Rajya Sabha polls to media baron Kartikeya Sharma, the BJP-supported independent candidate, by a "narrow margin", giving a huge blow to the Congress party which…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 10th June. Voting to elect members of the Upper House of the Parliament on 16 Rajya Sabha seats of four states, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana- started on Friday morning. Voting that commenced at 9…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 1st June. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, party’s in-charge for Rajya Sabha polls in Rajasthan and Haryana respectively, two…

GG News Bureau Patna, 1st June. Two candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the biennial polls to Rajya Sabha in Bihar filed their nomination papers on Tuesday. Satish Chandra Dubey, a former MP from Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat, is…

GG News Bureau Lucknow, 30th May. Jayant Chaudhary, a joint candidate of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Samajwadi Party (SP), filed nomination for Rajya Sabha elections on Monday. Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav also accompanied him…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 30th May. Congress party on Sunday declared the names of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections fielding Rajeev Shukla from Chhattisgarh, Ajay Maken from Haryana, and Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka. The…