NEW DELHI: Younger poet and AICC minority division chairman Imran Pratapgarhi is the Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, whereas veteran Rajiv Shukla is about to return to the Higher Home after a break from Chhattisgarh.
Notably, the Congress record is full of loyalists of the management, particularly managers who're seen as near Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Former Union minister Ajay Maken has been fielded from Haryana, the place the occasion has simply sufficient votes to elect a candidate. Senior chief Mukul Wasnik, AICC spokesman and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala and senior UP chief Pramod Tiwari have been fielded from Rajasthan – implying that each one three candidates from the state that Congress is in workplace are “outsiders”. Surjewala, nonetheless, belongs to the Jat neighborhood from neighbouring Haryana which has a considerable presence within the state.
The occasion has fielded former Bihar Lok Sabha MP and vocal girl member Ranjeet Ranjan from Chhattisgarh. Together with Shukla, Ranjan's nomination implies that each the candidates from Chhattisgarh are “outsiders”. Given the stress to accommodate an extended record of aspirants, Congress has used the 2 states it's in workplace – Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh – to ship the central management's decisions to the Higher Home. It has renominated Vivek Tankha from MP and Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka, whereas P Chidambaram has been shifted to Tamil Nadu following his time period from Maharashtra.
Nonetheless, there was nonetheless no readability until late night on Jharkhand. A battle of wits between allies Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress over who ought to area the candidate from the state pressured a high-level mediation, with CM Hemant Soren assembly Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday night for a dialogue.
Soren, who's JMM working president, had chaired a celebration legislative assembly on Saturday throughout which a choice was taken to area its personal candidate. Nonetheless, the scenario modified late within the evening after Soren met Sonia Gandhi. Soren stated he had reached a consensus on fielding a joint candidate however declined to disclose both the identify of the candidate or the occasion to which she or he can be from.
He'll announce his resolution after assembly JMM founder Shibu Soren on Monday. Nonetheless, sources stated Soren was instructed in no unsure phrases that he ought to respect the spirit of alliance and cede the RS berth this time as Congress supported the JMM candidate within the final election. An AICC supervisor claimed that JMM, going through corruption instances, seemed to be underneath stress from BJP to dam Congress.
Congress sources in Ranchi stated that it was prone to be a celebration face. A Jharkhand Congress chief stated that veterans Ghulam Nabi Azad or Anand Sharma could possibly be the widespread alliance candidate from the state. “Though we have been pushing for a neighborhood candidate for the RS this time, the occasion excessive command has different priorities – to regulate veteran occasion staff with nationwide picture within the Higher Home,” he stated.
Notably, the Congress record is full of loyalists of the management, particularly managers who're seen as near Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Former Union minister Ajay Maken has been fielded from Haryana, the place the occasion has simply sufficient votes to elect a candidate. Senior chief Mukul Wasnik, AICC spokesman and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala and senior UP chief Pramod Tiwari have been fielded from Rajasthan – implying that each one three candidates from the state that Congress is in workplace are “outsiders”. Surjewala, nonetheless, belongs to the Jat neighborhood from neighbouring Haryana which has a considerable presence within the state.
The occasion has fielded former Bihar Lok Sabha MP and vocal girl member Ranjeet Ranjan from Chhattisgarh. Together with Shukla, Ranjan's nomination implies that each the candidates from Chhattisgarh are “outsiders”. Given the stress to accommodate an extended record of aspirants, Congress has used the 2 states it's in workplace – Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh – to ship the central management's decisions to the Higher Home. It has renominated Vivek Tankha from MP and Jairam Ramesh from Karnataka, whereas P Chidambaram has been shifted to Tamil Nadu following his time period from Maharashtra.
Nonetheless, there was nonetheless no readability until late night on Jharkhand. A battle of wits between allies Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress over who ought to area the candidate from the state pressured a high-level mediation, with CM Hemant Soren assembly Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday night for a dialogue.
Soren, who's JMM working president, had chaired a celebration legislative assembly on Saturday throughout which a choice was taken to area its personal candidate. Nonetheless, the scenario modified late within the evening after Soren met Sonia Gandhi. Soren stated he had reached a consensus on fielding a joint candidate however declined to disclose both the identify of the candidate or the occasion to which she or he can be from.
He'll announce his resolution after assembly JMM founder Shibu Soren on Monday. Nonetheless, sources stated Soren was instructed in no unsure phrases that he ought to respect the spirit of alliance and cede the RS berth this time as Congress supported the JMM candidate within the final election. An AICC supervisor claimed that JMM, going through corruption instances, seemed to be underneath stress from BJP to dam Congress.
Congress sources in Ranchi stated that it was prone to be a celebration face. A Jharkhand Congress chief stated that veterans Ghulam Nabi Azad or Anand Sharma could possibly be the widespread alliance candidate from the state. “Though we have been pushing for a neighborhood candidate for the RS this time, the occasion excessive command has different priorities – to regulate veteran occasion staff with nationwide picture within the Higher Home,” he stated.
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