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Sonal Mansingh, 3 others nominated to Rajya Sabha
Former MP Ram Shakal, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha and stone artist Raghunath Mohapatra were three others nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind
1 min read14 Jul 2018CPM alleges Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s Rajya Sabha nomination flawed
CPM says the date of birth given in the Rajya Sabha nomination papers was at variance with what Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi had said in 2006
1 min read21 Mar 2018Rajya Sabha polls: Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan file nominations
For the 23 March Rajya Sabha polls, Arun Jaitley files nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Shankar Prasad from his home state Bihar, Dharmendra Pradhan from Madhya Pradesh
3 min read13 Mar 2018Arun Jaitley files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh
1 min read12 Mar 2018Raghuram Rajan approached by AAP for Rajya Sabha seat
The Aam Aadmi Party has approached former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan offering him a Rajya Sabha seat and might not nominate its own leaders to the Upper House
1 min read8 Nov 2017CPM central committee rejects proposal for 3rd Rajya Sabha term to Sitaram Yechury
The CPM central committee which voted on the proposal to give third Rajya Sabha term to Sitaram Yechury has given three reasons for the rejection which include taking Congress support
1 min read27 Jul 2017Rajya Sabha elections: Congress nominates P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal
P. Chidambaram nominated by Congress from Maharashtra, Kapil Sibal from Uttar Pradesh and Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka
1 min read29 May 2016Subramanian Swamy, Navjot Singh Sidhu nominated to Rajya Sabha
Erstwhile National Advisory Council member Narendra Jadhav, Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi and boxer Mary Kom also nominated to the upper house
1 min read22 Apr 2016BJP nominates Nirmala Sitharaman for RS from Andhra Pradesh
The seat fell vacant after the death of N. Janardhana Reddy on 9 May
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