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March 27, 2026, 07:47 PM - 3 min read
Former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the Congress will file a complaint with the Election Commission against the Returning Officer who allegedly rigged the Rajya Sabha elections, claiming that he conspired with the BJP and cancelled four Congress votes. Hooda demanded that the Election Commission take immediate action in the matter.
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March 18, 2026, 06:07 PM - 5 min read
India, like the US, can provide parity in the Upper House by introducing direct elections with an equal number of seats for each state, no matter how big or small.
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March 17, 2026, 09:14 PM - 4 min read
Out of the 37 seats, 26 candidates were elected unopposed. These included seven from the BJP and one each from its allies—Shiv Sena, the Republican Party of India (Athawale), NCP, AIADMK, Pattali Makkal Katchi and the United People’s Party Liberal. The Congress secured five seats uncontested, the Trinamool Congress four, the DMK three, and the NCP (SP) one.
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March 17, 2026, 04:01 PM - 3 min read
“We are going to issue a show-cause notice to them,” Congress general secretary in charge of Haryana, B K Hariprasad, said.
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March 17, 2026, 11:47 AM - 3 min read
The move of the Chief Minister into the Rajya Sabha was ensured by the ruling coalition with the help of cross-voting and the absence of opposition members.
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March 17, 2026, 10:19 AM - 3 min read
The five successful candidates include Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is set to make his debut in the Upper House, alongside BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur, Shivesh Kumar, and Upendra Kushwaha.
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March 14, 2026, 03:29 PM - 3 min read
BJP MLAs in Haryana held a meeting here on Saturday to chalk out their strategy for Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections for two seats from the state. A training session was also organised for the legislators, particularly the first-time MLAs, to explain the voting procedure in detail.
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March 5, 2026, 01:38 PM - 4 min read
BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress’ Karamvir Singh Boudh will file their nominations here on Thursday for the Rajya Sabha elections from Haryana. Two Rajya Sabha seats from the state are falling vacant. The Congress announced Boudh’s name on the last day of filing nominations.
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