All 3 Rajya Sabha candidates in Assam elected unopposed

All three candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats in Assam have been elected to the Upper House of the Parliament unopposed. BJP candidate for the first seat from Assam Bhubaneshwar Kalita, BPF candidate for second seat Biswajit Daimary and Congress-AIUDF candidate for the third seat Ajit Kumar Bhuyan have been elected to the Rajya […]

BJP announces Bhubaneswar Kalita as Rajya Sabha candidate

The BJP Central leadership has released its first list of candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls. The BJP has decided to field Bhubaneswar Kalita as its candidate for the first seat from Assam. Bhubaneswar Kalita was a former Rajya Sabha MP from the Congress. Kalita joined the BJP last year.

BJP names Jyotiraditya Scindia as its Rajya Sabha candidate

The BJP has named Jyotiraditya Scindia as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh soon after he joined the party. Scindia who had quit the Congress on Tuesday, joined the BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda. Jyotiraditya Scindia joins BJP in presence of party president JP Nadda. (Image: ANI) pic.twitter.com/K8rohgzipU — Northeast […]

Congress-AIUDF announces Veteran Journalist Ajit Bhuyan as Rajya Sabha candidate

The Congress and the AIUDF have announced veteran journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan as their common candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Both parties made the announcement at a joint press conference in New Delhi. The announcement was made by Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia and AIUDF leader Hafeez Rashid.

Assam: Biswajit Daimary files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

BPF leader and Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary has filed his nomination papers for re-election to the Upper House in the Parliament. Daimary filed his nomination in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary, AGP President Atul Bora and BJP State President Ranjit Dass. […]

MDA constitutes sub-committee to decide on Rajya Sabha candidate

The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance has constituted a sub-committee to decide on a common MDA candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. This decision was taken in a meeting held in the state capital on Thursday. Talking to newsmen, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that they have decided that MDA will be united and will only […]

Zubeen Garg for Rajya Sabha?

Amidst all the speculation of formation of a new political party, former Assam Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has proposed the name of Zubeen Garg for the coming Rajya Sabha Election in Assam to be held on 26th March. On being told about Tarun Gogoi’s offer, Zubeen said that he has not […]

Open to contest Rajya Sabha election: Meghalaya NPP chief WR Kharlukhi

Meghalaya NPP president WR Kharlukhi has expressed his intent to contest for the lone Rajya Sabha seat provided his party so decides. Ending all speculations arising out of his candidature, the State NPP president on Wednesday cleared the air by stating that earlier he was unwilling but now he is willing to contest provided his […]

Lok Sabha votes in favour of introducing Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

The Lok Sabha on Monday approved the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill with 293 members voting in its favour and 82 opposing the introduction of the Bill. #BREAKING | Division of votes in Lok Sabha: 293 'Ayes' in favour of introduction of #CitizenshipAmendmentBill and 82 'Noes' against the Bill's introduction in Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/V2jqysWMDd […]