Unopposed Rajya Sabha wins in MP, Karnataka, Rajasthan

Rajya Sabha contests in Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka and Rajasthan ended with no vote on Thursday. NCP’s Rajendra Jain was elected in the bypoll to the seat vacated by deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the state (), whereas BJP swept 3 seats in MP. Three Congress candidates and one BJP neta have been elected in Karnataka, and two BJP and one Congress nominee from Rajasthan.In MP, BJP’s Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Agarwal and Mahesh Kewat have been declared elected after the 3pm withdrawal deadline and Congress’s Meenakshi Natarajan’s rejected nomination remained unrestored. Her nomination was rejected over alleged concealment of particulars linked to a Telangana case. BJP’s surprise name on third Rajya Sabha seat in MP fed poaching fears in CongressThe row capped one in every of MP’s most turbulent Rajya Sabha battles in years after BJP’s shock choice to area Kewat for a 3rd seat regardless of missing clear numbers. The choice sparked fears of cross-voting and poaching in Congress camp earlier than Natarajan’s nomination was rejected.LoP Umang Singhar questioned EC’s silence. “When EC has particular powers to intervene and resolve such issues, why was no choice taken on Congress’s objection? Why is there activism in BJP’s issues and silence in Congress’s case?” he stated, calling it a take a look at of “credibility of democratic and electoral course of itself”.In Karnataka, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress nominees Mansoor Ali Khan, educationist and son of former Union minister Okay Rahman Khan, and social gathering media and publicity division chairperson Pawan Khera, and BJP’s M Nagaraja have been declared elected unopposed after scrutiny knocked out an impartial candidate.Rajasthan’s biennial election additionally became a walkover. BJP’s Satish Poonia and Alka Gurjar, together with Congress nominee Neeraj Dangi, have been elected unopposed. The end result preserves the established order in the state’s RS illustration, with BJP and Congress holding 5 seats every.