All eyes are on the vote for Rajya Sabha’s key election scheduled for today (Friday, June 10) amid allegations of horse hunting and the 16-seat trade that is spreading in four states in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Harjan. The worst clashes are expected in opposition-dominated states such as Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where both sides are bringing their MLAs into centres to prevent blackmail. Among those present were prominent Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, as well as Randeep Surjewala of the Congress, Jairam Ramesh and Mukul Wasnik of the BJP, and Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena.
While a total of 57 seats are vacant, 41 are already filled as the candidates have won without resistance.
UTTAR PRADESH (11)
Laxmikant Vajpayee (BJP)
Radhamohan Aggarwal (BJP)
Surendra Nagar (BJP)
Darshana Singh (BJP)
Sangeeta Yadav (BJP)
Baburam Nishad (BJP)
Mithlesh Kumar (BJP)
Kovai Laxman (BJP)
Javed Ali (SP)
Jayant Chaudhary (SP-RLD joint candidate)
Kapil Sibal (independent with SP support)
BIHAR (5)
Khiru Mahto (JD-U)
Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP)
Sambhu Saran Patel (BJP)
Misa Bharti (RJD)
Faiyaz Ahmad (RJD)
JARKHAND (2)
Aditya Sahu (BJP)
Mahua Maji (JMM)
CHHATTISGARH (2)
Rajiv Shukla (Congress)
Ranjeet Ranjan
ODISHA (3)
Sasmit Patra (BJD)
Sulata Deo (BJD)
Manas Mangaraj (BJD)
TELANGANA (2)
Divakonda Damodar Rao (TRS)
TRS (B. Parathasadhi Reddy)
(6) TAMIL NADU
Thanjai S Kalyanasundaram of the DMK
KRN: Rajesh Kumar (DMK)
R. Girirajan (DMK)
P. Chidambaram (Congress)
CV Shanmugam (AIADMK)
R. Dharmar (AIADMK)
ANDHRA PRADESH (4)
V. Vijaysai Reddy (YSR Congress)
Beeda Masthan Rao (YSR Congress)
S. Niranjan Reddy (YSR Congress)
R. Krishnaiah (YSR Congress)
(3) MADHYA PRADESH
Sumitra Valmiki (BJP)
Kavita Patidar (BJP)
Vivek Tankha (Congress)
PUNJAB (2)
Balbir Singh Seechawal (AAP)
Vikramjit Singh Sahney (AAP)
UTTARAKHAND (1)
Kalpana Saini (BJP)
