Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose expressed scathing criticism of the early morning police raid at the residence of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to track his absconding aide.
New Delhi: As the Congress staged a protest here over the cancellation of party leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh, its state party chief Jitu Patwari said that they were ready to be arrested if not allowed to stage the agitation. Addressing reporters amid the protests, Patwari said: “If the Election Commission.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging the rejection of her Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh, observing that the proper remedy lies under the election law framework and before the Election Commission.
Soon after resigning as a member of the Rajya Sabha amid the turmoil within Trinamool Congress, former TMC MP Prakash Chik Baraik on Thursday said that he has "accepted the opinion of the people" of West Bengal and then took the decision to resign from the Upper House.
The contest for Madhya Pradesh's third Rajya Sabha seat has turned into a high-stakes game of cross-voting calculations after the BJP fielded Mahesh Kevat as its surprise candidate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its official list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Biennial and Bye-elections to the Rajya Sabha from various states.
Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK President C. Joseph Vijay at the State Secretariat, triggering fresh political speculation over the forthcoming Rajya Sabha bye-election from the state.
Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Debasish Samantray on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the party. He was considered as a close aide of Naveen Patnaik.
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Petitions of the Upper House following the panel’s reconstitution by Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan.
