New Delhi: The election to 10 vacant seats of the Rajya Sabha will be held on July 24. The vacant seats are caused by the completion of the tenure of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien and others, whose term is set to expire between July 28 and Aug.18. The voting…
RS polls: BJP wins three seats, Congress one
June 11, 2022Bengaluru: The ruling BJP won three seats, while the Congress bagged one seat and the JD(S) drew a blank in the Rajya Sabha polls held for four seats from Karnataka yesterday. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor Jaggesh and former MLC Lehar Singh Siroya were elected from the BJP, while former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh…
Rajya Sabha Polls held
June 10, 2022Nirmala Sitharaman and Jaggesh of BJP; Jairam Ramesh of Congress all set to win Suspense over fourth seat to end this evening Bengaluru: As expected, two candidates of the ruling BJP — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and actor Jaggesh and one from the Opposition Congress — former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh — are certain…
Legislative Council Polls from South Graduates Constituency and RS Polls: ‘I am ready for an understanding with Congress to take on BJP’
June 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of Rajya Sabha (RS) polls on June 10, former Chief Minister and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has launched a fresh round of tirade against former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddharamaiah. Addressing a press meet at the Office of K.R. Nagar MLA S.R. Mahesh on Ramavilas Road here this morning,…
RS polls: With 3 in fray for fourth seat, number game begins
June 4, 2022Bengaluru: As the deadline for withdrawal of nominations for the Rajya Sabha (RS) polls ended on Friday and no candidate withdrawing from the contest, the election to the fourth RS seat could become a cliffhanger for candidates of the three parties — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — as back channel talks between the Congress and…
RS polls: BJP finalises list of three candidates
June 7, 2020Bengaluru: As the elections to the four vacant Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from the State is scheduled to take place on June 19, the State BJP has finalised the names of three party candidates —- current RS MP Prabhakar Kore, former MP Ramesh Katti and Bengaluru Hotelier K.Prakash Shetty. While the BJP is certain to…
Election to four Rajya Sabha seats from State on June 19
June 3, 2020Bengaluru: The election to four Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from the State that will fall vacant soon will be held on June 19. The election will take place to the RS seats held by Prabhakar Kore of the BJP, B.K. Hariprasad and M.V. Rajivgowda of the Congress and Kupendra Reddy of the JD(S) who are…
RS Polls: All three Congress nominees and one from BJP win
March 24, 2018Bengaluru: Congress candidates G.C. Chandrashekar, L. Hanumanthaiah and Syed Nasir Hussain and BJP nominee Rajeev Chandrashekar were elected to the Rajya Sabha (RS) on Monday amid high drama and unprecedented poll boycott by JD(S), citing violation of electoral rules. A candidate required around 38 votes to win the elections. Members of the Legislative Assembly form…
Rajya Sabha voting begins
March 23, 2018Bengaluru: The biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 16 States covering 58 seats of the 245-member House began this morning. Karnataka has four seats and voting for those began at the Assembly. While the ruling Congress is confident of getting all its three candidates elected, the BJP is confident of shoring up its numbers in the…
RS Polls: JD(S) issues whip
March 20, 2018Bengaluru: With the countdown for the Rajya Sabha polls begun, the JD(S) has issued whip to all its party Legislators, including seven rebel MLAs, who had voted against the party’s official candidate in the 2016 RS Polls. The whip has asked all the party MLAs to vote for the party candidate B.M. Farooq. The JD(S)…
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