Former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi receives the victory certificate from the Bihar Legislative Assembly after winning the Rajya Sabha by-elections, in Patna. Bihar Chief Mini...
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Newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP K Narayan being offered sweets by his wife, in Bengaluru. Narayan was elected unopposed after the seat fell vacant following the death of MP Ashok Gast...
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BJP candidates Hardeep Singh Puri, Neeraj Shekhar and others in a group photo with U P Chief Minister Yogi Aditiyanath and other leaders, after filing their nomination papers for R...
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BJP candidate Brij Lal, accompanied by U P Chief Minister Yogi Aditiyanath and other leaders, files his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat, at Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in Luc...
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Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav files his nomination for Rajya Sabha seat with party President Akhilesh Yadav looks on, at UP Assembly in Lucknow.
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Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala in Kerala Assembly casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election at the Legislature Complex in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election at the Legislature Complex in Thiruvananthapuram.
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BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad files his nomination for Rajya Sabha by-election, in Lucknow.
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Newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba speaks during his felicitation ceremony, in Imphal.
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BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav (C), Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh (L) and newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba, in Imphal.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren (R) gives a certificate to his father and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Shibu Soren (L) after he won Rajya Sabha Election at Jharkhand A...
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BJP Rajya Sabha election candidate Abhay Bhardwaj being sanitised as he arrives to cast his vote during RS elections, in Gandhinagar.
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An MLA checks his temperature as he arrives to cast his vote during RS elections, in Gandhinagar. Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat began today.
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Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Kamal Nath casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election at State Assembly, in Bhopal.
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MLA's of Congress party attend a meeting chaired by Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) state president Rameshwar Oraon and State Minister Alamgir Alam and others, ahead o...
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Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and Health Minister Raghu Sharma flash victory sign as they arrive to cast their vote for Rajya Sabha Election at State Assembly, in Ja...
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Congress MLA Kunal Choudhary wearing a PPE kit, who has tested positive with coronavirus, casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election, at State Assembly in Bhopal.
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Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha candidate Digvijay Singh being checked by medics as he arrives to cast his vote for Rajya Sabha election at State Assembly, during the ongoin...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrives to cast his vote for Rajya Sabha elections, in the State Assembly, in Bhopal.
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All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) chief Sudesh Mahato (C) with party MP Chandra Prakash Chaudhary (L) and Lambodar Mahato (R) flashes victory sign after casting their votes for R...
Of the 19 seats where polling will be held, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
Both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have, for now, been putting up a united front, telling reporters that though the BJP was making efforts to destabilize the government these would not yield any fruit.
The JD(S), which has 34 seats in the assembly, is not in a position to win a seat in Rajya Sabha on its own and will need support from the Congress with its surplus votes.
Kadadi has served as the Belagavi district Panchayat president while Gasti is a lawyer by profession and former general secretary of the BJP's OBC Cell.
The resignation of third party MLA serves as yet another blow to the opposition Congress ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls for four seats from the state.