Close X
Monday, December 16, 2024
ADVT 
India

Partap Singh Bajwa, Shamsher Singh Dullo Congress's Rajya Sabha Candidates From Punjab

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Mar, 2016 12:24 PM
    The Congress on Thursday named former party chiefs in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo as its candidates for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from the state.
     
    "Former Pradesh Congress chiefs Partap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo will be the party candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls," Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told IANS. 
     
    He said the names had been approved by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. 
     
    The terms of two Congress members of Rajya Sabha Ashwani Kumar and M.S. Gill will end next month. 
     
    Bajwa had last year made way for former chief minister Amarinder Singh to head the Punjab unit. Dullo belongs to the Dalit community which has sizeable presence in the state. 
     
    The Election Commission had last month announced biennial elections to fill 13 seats in the Rajya Sabha, five of which are from Punjab. The date of polling is March 21. 
     
    AKALI DAL NOMINATES DHINDSA, GUJRAL FOR RAJYA SABHA
     
     
    Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday announced that former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral will be its candidates for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state.
     
    Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal declared that party's secretary general Dhindsa and Gujral, the son of former prime minister I.K. Gujral, will be the candidates.
     
    Akali Dal secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said that both leaders will file their nomination papers on Wednesday. Election for the Rajya Sabha seats will take place on March 21.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Nida Fazli, Renowned Bollywood Lyricist, Urdu Poet Dead

    Nida Fazli, Renowned Bollywood Lyricist, Urdu Poet Dead
    Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, died here on Monday after suffering a bout of breathlessness followed by a massive heart attack, a family source said. Political leaders and film celebrities condoled his death.

    Nida Fazli, Renowned Bollywood Lyricist, Urdu Poet Dead

    Navjot Singh Sidhu Shadow Haunts BJP Ahead Of Punjab Elections

    Navjot Singh Sidhu Shadow Haunts BJP Ahead Of Punjab Elections
    Having sidelined its most popular political face, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, the BJP in Punjab seems undecided on its own future political course as the state heads for crucial assembly polls in about a year's time.

    Navjot Singh Sidhu Shadow Haunts BJP Ahead Of Punjab Elections

    8-Year-Old Boy Killed In Celebratory Firing By Samajwadi Party Workers In Uttar Pradesh, 3 Detained

    8-Year-Old Boy Killed In Celebratory Firing By Samajwadi Party Workers In Uttar Pradesh, 3 Detained
    An eight-year-old boy was killed in a celebratory firing by Samajwadi Party workers at Kairana town in Shamli district, triggering protests by locals.

    8-Year-Old Boy Killed In Celebratory Firing By Samajwadi Party Workers In Uttar Pradesh, 3 Detained

    AAP Leader Sanjay Singh Gets Bail In Defamation Case Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia

    AAP Leader Sanjay Singh Gets Bail In Defamation Case Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia
    Majithia filed the case after Sanjay Singh called him a "drug lord" and accused him of being associated with narcotics trade in the state.

    AAP Leader Sanjay Singh Gets Bail In Defamation Case Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia

    India's Growth Slows To 7.3 Percent In Third Quarter

    India's Growth Slows To 7.3 Percent In Third Quarter
    The Indian industry said it was looking to the upcoming union budget giving a positive direction to the economy.

    India's Growth Slows To 7.3 Percent In Third Quarter

    Mukesh Ambani, Sam Pitroda In Ss Engineering Academy

    Founded in 1964, the US-based National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, non-profit institution, providing global engineering leadership.

    Mukesh Ambani, Sam Pitroda In Ss Engineering Academy