Election to 18 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on June 19
NEW DELHI: Elections to 18 Rajya Sabha seats, postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak and the following lockdown, might be held on June 19. The voting will start at 9 am on June 19. The counting of votes might be held on the night of June 19 itself, as per the announcement made by the Election Commission earlier.
Out of those 18 seats, 4 are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, two from Jharkhand, three every from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and one every from Manipur and Meghalaya.
The polls had been initially scheduled to be held on March 26, however on March 24, the Election Commission introduced their deferment.
Andhra Pradesh
The stage is about for polling on Friday to elect 4 members to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.
Ruling YSR Congress is poised to win all 4 seats given its formidable energy within the State Assembly.
This is the primary time that an election is being carried out for the Rajya Sabha seats from the State, post-bifurcation in 2014. With a energy of 151 within the 175-member AP Assembly and the help of 4 “rebel” legislators of TDP and Jana Sena, the YSRC is comfortably positioned to win all 4.
Minimum 36 votes are required for a candidate to win the Rajya Sabha seat from AP. The TDP, with simply 20 out of 23 MLAs remaining on its facet, stands no probability in any respect.
From the YSRC, Deputy Chief Minister Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, realtor A Ayodhya Rami Reddy and Reliance Industries Senior Group President Parimal Nathwaniare within the fray now.
The TDP fielded its politburo member Varla Ramaiah, taking part in the Scheduled Caste card. Nathwanihad been an Independent MP from Jharkhand for the final two consecutive phrases and he filed his nomination because the YSRC candidate this time.
Rajasthan
The stage is about in Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha elections on three seats on Friday, with the Congress and opposition BJP conserving their legislators in numerous motels after accusing one another of poaching MLAs.
For three seats within the House, 4 candidates (two from Congress and as many from BJP) have filed nomination papers. The Congress has nominated Okay C Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi for the polls, whereas the BJP has fielded Rajendra Gehlot and Onkar Singh Lakhawat.
The BJP had initially nominated Rajendra Gehlot however it later sprang a shock by fielding Lakhawat on the final day of the nomination. The seats had been held by Ram Narain Dudi, Vijay Goel and Narayan Lal Panchariya, all from the BJP, who’ve accomplished their time period.
In the home of 200, the Congress has 107 MLAs and has the help of unbiased MLAs and legislators of different events like Rashtriya Lok Dal, CPI (M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP).
The ruling social gathering has greater than sufficient majority to win two seats and the opposition BJP, which has 72 MLAs and help of three Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MLAs, has the numbers to comfortably win one seat.
Fifty-one votes are wanted for one candidate to win and the Congress is in a snug place to make sure the victory of each of its candidates, whereas BJP’s just one candidate can win as per the numbers.
After 51 votes to its first candidate Rajendra Gehlot, BJP’s spare votes will go to second candidate Onkar Singh Lakhawat. Ahead of the elections, each the Congress and the BJP had shifted their MLAs in addition to these in help to completely different motels.
The Congress alleged that the BJP made makes an attempt to poach its MLAs for the Rajya Sabha elections and for destablising the state authorities, a cost denied by the opposition social gathering.
Gujarat
The closest battle is in Gujarat the place the BJP in its final leg effort has managed to get the help of the NCP MLA to spice up its possibilities of profitable three seats within the state.
Sources within the BJP stated the lone NCP MLA Kandhal Jadeja has attended the BJP legislature social gathering meet and the social gathering`s numbers have now gone as much as 104 within the state.
But the BJP remains to be wanting one vote because it wants 105 votes to get all its three candidates elected. Gujarat has four seats going to the polls and the Congress is on the backfoot after three of its MLAs resigned in June and 5 in March.
The social gathering is diminished to 65, wanting 6 MLAs to win the second seat. The Congress claimed that it’s wanting only one vote for the second candidate to win. Congress in-charge Rajiv Satav stated, “we are hopeful to win both the seats and have the required numbers.”
Madhya Pradesh
In the high-profile election in Madhya Pradesh, the place BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia is within the fray after whose revolt the Congress authorities fell, the second Congress candidate Phool Singh Baraiya will discover it robust to get elected however the Congress is getting ready to problem it in courtroom.
Digvijaya Singh is slated to bag one Rajya Sabha seat.
Manipur
The newest coup for Congress and a few reprieve has come from Manipur within the North East the place the social gathering was capable of reverse `Operation Kamal`. A day forward of the Rajya Sabha polls, the social gathering has turned the tables and it might be candy revenge for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
The Congress has fielded T Mangi Babu and the BJP has fielded former King Leishemba Sanajaoba.
Jharkhand
In Jharkhand, the Congress hoped that Chief Minister Soren will muster the numbers however it appears that evidently Congress candidate Shahzada Anwar won’t make it to the Upper House.
However, Congress in-charge of the state RPN Singh stated, “We are trying to impress the MLAs to vote for the Congress as BJP was short of two.” But sources say that AJSU will help the BJP, so now Shibu Soren of the JMM and Deepak Prakash of the BJP are comfortably positioned to enter the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand.
Meghalaya
KHNAM MLA Adelbert Nongrum has determined to abstain from voting for the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat within the state giving a jolt to the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA).
In his letter to Chief Minister Conrad Okay Sangma, Nongrum stated he’s abstaining from voting to specific his dissent in opposition to the National Peoples Party whose Lok Sabha MP Agatha Okay Sangma had voted in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in parliament whereas the social gathering within the state opposed it.
Conrad Sangma, who’s the chief of the NPP, has expressed confidence that MDA candidate W R Kharlukhi will win the election, which is scheduled on Friday.
The opposition Congress, having 19 MLA within the 60-member House, has fielded former legislator Kennedy Khyriem for the election. The MDA has the help of 41 MLAs within the House.
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