Latest


Congress fields Selja, Sanjay Singh for Rajya Sabha polls

  •   Tue, Jan 28 2014 05:13:39 PM

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS): Congress Tuesday announced the names of union minister Kumari Selja and Sanjay Singh, MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, as party nominees for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha.

The polls, if necessary, will be held Feb 7.

A party release said Selja, who is minister of social justice and empowerment, will be the party candidate from Haryana.

It said Sanjay Singh and chief of the party in Assam, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, would be party nominees from Assam.

There was speculation that former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit could be fielded from Haryana.

Congress sources said Sanjay Singh, a former minister in Uttar Pradesh, wields influence in Amethi, the constituency of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Congress fields Selja, Sanjay Singh for Rajya Sabha polls



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like