- SourcesCongress leader Hariprasad is opposition nominee for RS Deputy Chairman (Lead)
Congress MP B.K. Hariprasad was on Wednesday declared as the opposition candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, election for which will be held on Thursday.
1 year agoSourcesCongress to put up candidate for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman postThe contest for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman is expected to be between a Congress nominee backed by other opposition parties and the candidate of the ruling BJP-led NDA as NCP on Tuesday decided against putting up a candidate for the August 9 election.
1 year agoSourcesNDA, opposition seek BJD's support for RS deputy chairperson pollThe ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday said both the NDA and the Opposition have sought its support for their candidates to the post of the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson. The election is slated for Thursday.
1 year agoSourcesNCP's Vandana Chavan likely to be opposition's RS Deputy Chair nomineeThe opposition is likely to field NCP member Vandana Chavan as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman's post in the August 9 poll. A final decision is expected to be taken later Tuesday.
1 year agoPoliticsCountdown begins to elect RS Deputy Chairman on August 9The countdown to elect the new Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman began here on Monday as Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the dates for the likely contest between the ruling NDA and a united opposition.
1 year agoSources17 opposition parties to move EC against EVMs: TMCTrinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sougata Roy on Monday questioned the "neutrality" of EVM machines and said that 17 opposition parties are planning to represent to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and demand that EVMs should be scrapped and ballot papers should be brought back to ensure fair voting.
1 year agoSourcesOpposition parties to contest Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election (Lead)Opposition parties are set to contest the election to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman's post on August 9 and have decided to meet on Tuesday to finalise the candidate.
1 year agoSourcesJD-U's Harivansh NDA's likely candidate for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman electionJanata Dal-United MP Harivansh is likely to be the NDA candidate for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election on August 9.
1 year agoSourcesWe are not going to break AAP: KhairaAAP leader and former leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira said on Monday that his group was not trying to break the party unit in Punjab and was only trying to ensure that decisions related to the state are taken by Punjab leaders.
1 year agoSourcesOpposition candidate Ramesh gets most votes in PAC pollsOpposition candidate C.M. Ramesh of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Monday got the highest number of votes, 106, in the Rajya Sabha and was elected to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
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