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Rajya Sabha Elections: Elections to 75 of the 245 seats in the Upper House are scheduled for April, June, and November next year
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Assembly elections are scheduled in Assam and Tamil Nadu next year and political equations such as the role of alliance partners in the state are expected to find a reflection in the selection of candidates.
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Poor strategies have led to the undoing of Congress in Himachal Pradesh and SP in UP. Congress’s failure to see the revolt from the Virbhadra family reflects poorly on the leadership. Now it is not just a Rajya Sabha seat, but its government in the hill state that is at risk. Similarly, Akhilesh’s clout has been dented by the SP cross-voting. He must mull over the consequences of the reverse consolidation against his P-D-A (Pichda, Dalit, Alpasankyak) approach
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The suspended MLAs include leader of opposition Jairam Thakur, Vipin Singh Parmar, Randheer Sharma, Lokender Kumar, and Inder Singh Gandhi
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Himachal Rajya Sabha Polls: The first test of the state government will be to get the budget passed on February 28, with the BJP asking for a division of votes
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Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha Elections: "I will not press my resignation until a decision is taken. The final decision will be taken in the coming time," said Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh, who submitted his resignation as Himachal cabinet minister earlier in the day.
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Those who were elected to the Upper House are Ajay Maken, G C Chandrasekhar and Syed Naseer Hussain, all belonging to the Congress, and Narayansa K Bhandage of the BJP.
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Reports were already coming in that a few Samajwadi Party leaders would vote for the BJP, as many of them may have needed security and many would have been threatened regarding their previous cases, said AKhilesh Yadav.
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The party, by not re-nominating 85% of its current members, is giving a chance to other candidates and rewarding them for their contributions.
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Rajya Sabha Elections in UP: Seth, having close ties with the SP, might facilitate cross-voting. Additionally, the leader of the Apna Dal (Kamervadi) faction has declared her intention not to participate in the polls.
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A total of 56 members of Rajya Sabha from 15 states are retiring in April and the election to the seats will be held on February 27. The last date for filing nominations is February 15
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Rajya Sabha Elections 2022 Highlights: Voting began at 9 am today for electing 16 Rajya Sabha members comprising six in Maharashtra, four each in Rajasthan and Karnataka and two in Haryana. As many as 57 seats in the upper house are failing vacant and 41 candidates were elected unopposed. The election is crucial in view of the presidential elections scheduled for July 18.
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The Congress stated on Wednesday that it has the numbers in Rajasthan and Haryana and is certain that its candidates in both states will win in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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The BJP might lose a bit, though it will not have a telling impact on its overall Rajya Sabha tally. It will continue to have a working majority and implement its promises with the support of like-minded parties
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P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, BJP's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, RJD's Misa Bharti and Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD were among the 41 winners declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha.
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Congress is expected to win eight Rajya Sabha seats, largely from Rajasthan and Chhattishgarh.
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Between April and August this year, 77 Members of Parliament would retire from the Upper House.
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The BJP had fielded its Mumbai general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay for the by-poll but he withdrew his candidature paving the way for Patil, 62, to get elected unopposed
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, two states went to polls in 2020 - Delhi and Bihar. While the National Capital went to polls in February when the pandemic had not yet been perceived as a major threat in the country, Bihar went to polls in October-November, after a declining trend in cases was observed.
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Ram Vilas Paswan, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) supremo, passed away at the age of 74 in Delhi on October 8
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B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, R Akhanda Srinivasamurthy, N Chaluvaraya Swamy and Bheema Naik submitted their resignations to Assembly Speaker K B Koliwad at his residence in Bengaluru.
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Ahmed Patel has long been known as the 'backroom boy' of the Congress.
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After weeks of dramatic political developments, Gujarat looks set for an on the edge of seat contest in the Rajya Sabha elections which will decide among others the fate of Ahmed Patel, the influential political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
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Stating that the party is keeping all options open, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi warned the MLAs of serious consequences of anti-defection law that can lead to disqualification from contesting elections up to six years.
