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  VIDEO: JD-U MP Harivansh re-elected Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

  News | September 14, 2020 18:11 IST

  Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday announced that Janata Dal (United) nominee Harivansh Narayan Singh has been chosen as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

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  Harivansh files nomination as NDA candidate to RS deputy chairman post; likely to get elected

  Politics | September 09, 2020 17:08 IST

  JD(U) MP Harivansh on Wednesday filed his nomination as the ruling NDA candidate to the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman's post and is likely to be elected, even as the opposition is working to field a joint candidate against him to force a contest. 

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  RS dy chairman election: Parties that helped NDA win hypocrites, says Congress

  Politics | August 12, 2018 21:20 IST

  Replying to a query, Chaturvedi said, "I don't think the opposition unity is breaking in any way."  

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  Aaj ki Baat Aug 9 episode: Rajat Sharma on how Opposition lost RS Deputy Chairman poll due to lack of seriousness

  August 10, 2018 14:48 IST

  On the whole, the NDA won because its leaders took the election seriously and there was good floor management. 

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  Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election: Omar Abdullah slams Rahul Gandhi for not reaching out to other parties

  Politics | August 10, 2018 10:43 IST

  A day after NDA-critics AAP and YSR Congress abstained from the polls citing a lack of attention from Congress, National Conference chief Omar Abdullah today criticised Gandhi for not comprising. 

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  Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose: Sonia Gandhi on Congress' defeat in RS Dy Chairman poll

  Politics | August 09, 2018 22:55 IST

  Securing 125 votes, ruling NDA candidate and JD(U) member Singh was elected as the Deputy Chairman.

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  NDA's Harivansh elected RS Dy Chairman: Anti-BJP front puts brave face, non-Cong parties question Rahul's approach

  Politics | August 09, 2018 23:31 IST

  Meanwhile, ANI quoted AAP MP Sanjay Singh as saying, “Looking at Congress's attitude we have decided to abstain from voting for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, Congress is the biggest obstacle in Opposition's unity.”

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  NDA candidate Harivansh elected Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

  India | August 09, 2018 14:13 IST

  The entire House congratulated Harivansh with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the House Arun Jaitley and Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad felicitating him.  

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  Harivansh: From Rs 500 as first salary to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman post

  India | August 09, 2018 11:46 IST

  Born on June 30, 1956 in Uttar Pradesh Balia in a middle class family, Harivansh is a post-graduate in Economics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

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  Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election: Arun Jaitley likely to participate after four-month long break

  India | August 09, 2018 12:21 IST

  Jaitley had stepped aside as the finance minister in May to undergo a kidney transplant. The charge was then handed over to Minister for Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal.

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  Rajya Sabha Dy Chairman election: It's NDA's Harivansh vs Oppn's Hariprasad

  Politics | August 09, 2018 10:12 IST

  RS deputy chairman election: The election will be held at 11 am, soon after the laying of papers. The post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman has been lying vacant since the retirement of PJ Kurien on July 1.

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