41 candidates were chosen unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from 11 states. Senior Congress pioneer P Chidambaram, previous Congress pioneer Kapil Sibal, RJD’s Misa Bharti, and RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary were among the unopposed Rajya Sabha victors announced on Friday.
Every one of the 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, six in Tamil Nadu, five in Bihar, four in Andhra Pradesh, three each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, two each in Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Telangana, and Jharkhand, and one up-and-comer in Uttarakhand won without a challenge.
Here is a rundown of candidates chosen unopposed by Rajya Sabha:
PUNJAB
Noted earthy person Balbir Singh Seechewal and business visionary and social dissident Vikramjit Singh Sahney have been chosen unopposed as AAP possibilities for the Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
Bihar
Every one of the five possibilities for biennial races to numerous Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar was announced and chosen unopposed. Authentications were granted to the chosen competitors Misa Bharti and Faiyaz Ahmed (RJD), Satish Chandra Dubey and Shambhu Sharan Patel (BJP), and Kheeru Mahto (JDU), according to the Vidhan Sabha secretariat.
UTTAR PRADESH
Eleven newcomers, including eight from the BJP, were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.The rundown included previous Congress pioneer Kapil Sibal, who was challenged as an Independent supported by the Samajwadi Party (SP).
As per a press explanation from the Chief Electoral Officer, Jayant Chaudhary from the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Javed Ali Khan from the SP were the two different competitors that came to the Rajya Sabha.
The BJP competitors chosen unopposed for the Upper House are Darshana Singh, Babu Ram Nishad, Mithilesh Kumar, Radha Mohan Dal Agarwal, and K Laxman, Laxmikant Bajpai, Surendra Singh Nagar, and Sangeeta Yadav.
TELANGANA
The two applicants of the decision, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Dr. B Parthasaradhi Reddy and D Damodar Rao, were pronounced chosen uncontested as individuals from the Rajya Sabha.
MADHYA PRADESH
The Congress pioneer and senior legal counsellor Vivek Tankha and the BJP’s Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar were pronounced chosen unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.
CHHATTISGARH
The decision: Congress’ candidates Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were chosen unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh.
ODISHA
The decision by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha won all three Rajya Sabha seats unopposed. The three BJD competitors who came to the Rajya Sabha are Sulata Deo, Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, and Sasmit Patra.
JHARKHAND
Jharkhand Mahua Maji and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Aditya Sahu have been chosen unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand on Friday.
ANDHRA PRADESH
Four YSR Congress candidates were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial political race from Andhra Pradesh.
UTTARAKHAND
A BJP up-and-comer from Uttarakhand, Kalpana Saini, was chosen unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
TAMIL NADU
Every one of the six competitors from Tamil Nadu who had presented their selections for the June 10 biennial political decision to the Rajya Sabha, including the decision DMK’s three chosen people, were on Friday proclaimed chosen unopposed by specialists.
The decision of DMK’s S Kalyanasundaram, R Girirajan, and KRN Rajesh Kumar, AIADMK’s C Ve Shanmugam and R Dharmar, and Congress Party’s candidate P Chidambaram were announced chosen unopposed by Returning Officer and Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan following the expiry of the cutoff time (June 3) for withdrawal of candidature.