Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Jitu Patwari meet Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan
Bhopal, June 7
Congress leader Digvijay Singh, along with State Congress President Jitu Patwari and other leaders, on Saturday met Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan at the party headquarters in Bhopal.
Speaking to ANI, Patwari said, "All our senior leaders and all MLAs have welcomed Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan with unity and firm resolve, and with great joy resolved that the Congress candidate will go to the Rajya Sabha."
Congress leader Harish Chaudhary said that the entire legislative party decided that Meenakshi Natrajan will represent Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha.
"The legislative party meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Umang Singhar. The entire legislative party unanimously assured that with a good majority, Meenakshi Natrajan will be sent to represent Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha," he said.
Meanwhile, Meenakshi Natarajan expressed gratitude to the party's senior leadership and MLAs for entrusting her with this responsibility, characterising the polls as a fight for "democratic values".
Speaking to ANI, Meenakshi Natarajan, who is the All India Congress Committee (AICC) In-charge for Telangana, said, "I thank all the senior leaders and MLAs of the party for giving me this opportunity. The Congress is ready to face all kinds of situations. This is a fight of democratic values," he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections officially filed their nominations on Saturday from Madhya Pradesh.
Among those filing their nominations were BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh and party leader Rajneesh Agrawal, both of whom are vying for seats in the Upper House.
The filing process took place in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.
Earlier, on June 3, the Election Commission issued a notification for biennial elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats from ten states.
This includes four seats each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three seats each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two seats in Jharkhand, and one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya. Notification was also issued for the Rajya Sabha bypoll for a seat each in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.
— ANI
Reader Comments
Digvijay Singh has a long history in MP politics. Let's see if Meenakshi Natarajan can bring fresh energy. But the BJP won 29 out of 29 seats last time, so this is just symbolic really. 😅
Finally some good news for Congress in MP. Meenakshi ji has worked hard in Telangana and now she gets a chance in Rajya Sabha. Hope she raises issues of farmers and youth in the House.
Rajya Sabha elections are just a formality these days. Congress making big noise but they have only 66 MLAs in MP against BJP's 163. Meenakshi Natarajan needs to win cross-votes or it's just drama.
"Fight for democratic values" - good words from Natarajan ji. But the reality is both parties play the same game. At least Congress is giving opportunities to women leaders, which is a positive step.
Interesting to see Congress fielding a woman candidate in a state where BJP dominates. But the margins matter - 3 seats in MP and Congress may only secure one at best. The BJP machinery is too strong.
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