Rajya Sabha Polls
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Rajya Sabha polls: BJP releases another list, renominates Vaishnaw from Odisha, L Murugan from MP
India | Feb 14, 2024, 11:30 AM ISTRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is likely to get elected with the support of the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
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Rajya Sabha polls: BJP nominates Sudhanshu Trivedi, RPN Singh, Subhash Barala and other candidates
India | Feb 11, 2024, 10:32 PM ISTRajya Sabha elections 2024: BJP announces its candidates from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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BJP picks Dorjee Tshering Lepcha from Sikkim for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections
India | Jan 07, 2024, 12:55 PM ISTThe party said MP Sushil Gupta expressed his intent to redirect his focus towards the electoral politics of Haryana. Sushil is the AAP in-charge in Haryana, which is expected to go to polls later this year. "...we respect his decision to pursue this path," the party said.
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Breaking News, June 10 | LIVE UPDATES
India | Jun 11, 2022, 06:34 AM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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MVA candidates will go to 'Rajya Sabha' no matter how hard anyone tries: CM Uddhav Thackeray
India | Jun 08, 2022, 07:59 AM ISTResorting to resort politics, Shiv Sena has already shifted its MLAs to Trident Hotel in Malad on Tuesday ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.
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Rajya Sabha election 2022: BJP follows Congress example, sends its Rajasthan MLAs to resort
India | Jun 06, 2022, 04:18 PM ISTThe ruling Congress fielded three candidates from the state for the Rajya Sabha. The BJP has nominated one candidate and is backing a media baron Sub hash Chandra as an independent candidate.
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Rajya Sabha election 2022: BJP leaders discuss strategy to win polls in Maharashtra
India | Jun 05, 2022, 06:34 PM ISTEarlier in the day, Railway Minister and BJP's observer for Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Ashwini Vaishnaw, held a meeting with state BJP leaders. The Leader of Opposition, Devendra Fadnavis, stated that all the MLAs should vote as per their conscience.
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Rajya Sabha election 2022: 'All four Maha Vikas Aghadi candidates will win polls', says Sanjay Raut
India | Jun 05, 2022, 09:39 AM IST"We wanted to postpone dates of RS elections so that no horse-trading is being done. BJP's intention is clear, they want to use money & central investigative agencies to destroy the environment. We are in power, they shouldn't forget this," Raut said.
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Congress releases list of candidates for Rajya Sabha elections | Details inside
India | May 30, 2022, 12:05 AM ISTThe names of former Union minister Mukul Wasik, Rajasthan, and Vivek Tankha, Madhya Pradesh, were also put forward. These two were a part of the group of 23 leaders who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in 2020 seeking a large scale organizational overhaul.
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Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Chidambaram in race for Rajya Sabha polls
India | May 23, 2022, 12:08 PM ISTSources say Sibal may get the support of Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh like the last time. He may get the excess votes of SP and its allies.
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Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha among 5 AAP candidates for Rajya Sabha polls
News | Mar 21, 2022, 05:00 PM ISTThe Aam Aadmi Party has nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, IIT Delhi faculty Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 Rajya Sabha polls.
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AAP finalises three candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha polls
News | Mar 21, 2022, 11:49 AM ISTAam Aadmi Party (AAP) recently finalised three names who will be the party's candidates in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election. These include Harbhajan Singh, Dr Sandeep Pathak and Raghav Chadha.
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BJP names former Gorakhpur MLA Jai Prakash Nishad as its candidate for Rajya Sabha polls in UP
Elections | Aug 11, 2020, 03:31 PM ISTThe BJP on Tuesday fielded Jai Prakash Nishad as its candidate for the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh. The seat fell vacant following the demise of Samajwadi Party MP Beni Prasad Verma.
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Rajasthan Congress MLAs stay overnight at resort to thwart 'poaching bid'
India | Jun 12, 2020, 12:17 PM ISTRajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and nearly 100 Congress and independent MLAs stayed overnight at a resort on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, amid allegations that the BJP was trying to poach ruling party legislators ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.
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Former PM Deve Gowda to contest June 19 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka
India | Jun 08, 2020, 01:26 PM ISTJD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda has decided to contest the June 19 Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, and will be filing his nominations on Tuesday, his son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday.
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RS polls: Karnataka BJP to recommend three names to high command
Elections | Jun 06, 2020, 11:10 PM ISTThe state BJP core committee that includes Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and state unit chief Nalin Kumar Kattel among other senior leaders, has shortlisted three names, which will be sent to party high command, sources said.
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Rajya Sabha polls: Congress shifts several Gujarat MLAs to resorts after 3 resign
India | Jun 06, 2020, 08:17 PM ISTAfter resignations of three MLAs ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress party in Gujarat has shifted several legislators to resorts and bungalows to thwart any "poaching" bid, news agency PTI reported today.
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Rajya Sabha polls for six seats in Arunachal, Karnataka, Mizoram to be held on June 19
Elections | Jun 01, 2020, 09:15 PM ISTRajya Sabha polls for a total of six seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Mizoram will be held on June 19
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Rajya Sabha polls: BJP's Gautam, Jangra & Congress' Deepender Hooda file nomination
National | Mar 13, 2020, 07:35 PM ISTBJP nominees Ram Chander Jangra, Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Congress' Deepender Singh Hooda, all candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Haryana, filed their nominations here on Friday.
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Bhuyan, Kalita file papers for RS polls in Assam
India | Mar 13, 2020, 05:56 PM ISTSenior journalist Ajit Bhuyan and Congress-turned-BJP leader Bhubaneswar Kalita filed their nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Assam on Friday.