NDA’s dominance in Rajya Sabha elections, won 24 seats unopposed, decision on Natarajan’s fate will be taken today

New Delhi: A major upheaval has been seen in the ongoing election process for the vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the country. It has been decided that candidates will be elected unopposed on 24 seats of Rajya Sabha. Prominent leaders elected unopposed include Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party’s Media and Publicity Department Chairman Pawan Kheda, BJP leaders Satish Poonia and Tarun Chugh. Except for the remaining three seats, the results of all the seats have become clear, out of which the ruling National Democratic Alliance has got success on 19 seats and Congress on five seats.

Shock to Congress in Madhya Pradesh

During the Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, Congress suffered a major setback when the nomination papers of its candidate Meenakshi Natarajan were canceled during scrutiny. He was accused of not mentioning the criminal case in his nomination.

No relief for Congress

In this matter, Congress did not get any relief even from the Election Commission and the Supreme Court. After the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination, it was decided that BJP candidates would be elected unopposed on all three seats in the state. Returning Officer Arvind Sharma handed over certificates declaring BJP’s Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Aggarwal and Mahesh Kewat elected.

Situation in other states and competition on June 18

Samantrai, who left BJD and joined BJP in Odisha, was elected unopposed as he was the only candidate. At the same time, Congress candidate Praveen Chakraborty won from Tamil Nadu with the support of ruling TVK. Now everyone’s eyes are fixed on two seats in Jharkhand and one in Mizoram. Where voting is to be held on June 18. Especially in Jharkhand, the contest is expected to be very interesting and tough. Where Baidyanath Ram of JMM, Pranab Jha of Congress and independent Parimal Nathwani are face to face.

Election mathematics of Karnataka and Gujarat

Five candidates were in the fray for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, but the contest ended after the name of an independent candidate was rejected. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Secretary Mansoor Ali Khan, Pawan Kheda and BJP’s M Nagaraj have been elected unopposed from here. With this, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s five-decade long innings in Parliament will come to an end.

Congress did not field any candidate

On the other hand, due to the main opposition party Congress not fielding any candidate in Gujarat, all four candidates of the ruling BJP – Rajubhai Shukla, Mansingh Parmar, Mukeshbhai Rathwa and Jitendra Kanjariya have been elected unopposed.