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India Gazette
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- India Gazette
AGP announces Birendra Prasad Baishya as party candidate from Assam for upcoming RS polls
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) announced Birendra Prasad Baishya as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam. Baishya is currently serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha, with his tenure set to expire on June 14. Earlier this week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for conducting biennial elections in eight Rajya Sabha seats, six from Tamil Nadu and two from Assam. On Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Kanad Purkayastha, son of former Union Minister and Assam State BJP co-founder Kabindra Purkayastha, as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha election in the state. The two upper house members from Assam, Mission Ranjan Das (BJP) and Birendra Prasad Baishya (Asom Gana Parishad), are set to retire on June 14. According to ECI, the elections for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held on June 19 between 9 AM and 4 PM. Counting of votes will be conducted on the same day. In Tamil Nadu, Anbumani Ramadoss (Pattali Makkal Katchi), M Shanmugam (DMK), N Chandrasegharan (AIADMK), M Mohamed Abdulla (DMK), P Wilson (DMK), and Vaiko (MDMK) are set to retire on July 24. Earlier, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Chief Kamal Haasan filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin. Meanwhile, BJP leader H Raja criticised MNM President Kamal Haasan, saying that the actor-turned-politician has 'mortgaged' his party to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in exchange for a Rajya Sabha seat. 'Everyone knows what Kamal Haasan did in the past. He opposed the DMK's freebies and corrupt rule. He even said he would never form an alliance with the DMK. Now, out of embarrassment, he has mortgaged his torchlight election symbol to the DMK in exchange for a Rajya Sabha seat. It is a waste of time to talk about him,' Raja said. In the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, each candidate requires a minimum of 34 votes to clinch a Rajya Sabha seat. The DMK-led INDIA bloc, with 158 MLAs (DMK: 133, Congress: 17, VCK: 4, CPI: 2, CPM: 2), is poised to win four seats comfortably. (ANI)
Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Tight race likely in Assam, seat-sharing suspense in TN as EC announces polls for 8 Rajya Sabha seats
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced June 19 as the polling date for the eight Rajya Sabha seats – two in Assam and six in Tamil Nadu – which will fall vacant over the next two months. Both the ruling NDA as well as the Opposition do not have the numbers to win both the seats in Assam. While in Tamil Nadu, constituents of both the DMK-led ruling alliance as well as the NDA are in the dark over seat distribution. In Assam, two seats will fall vacant as the terms of Birendra Prasad Baishya of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) – an NDA ally – and the BJP's Mission Ranjan Das will end on June 14. In the 126-member Assam Assembly, each Rajya Sabha candidate would require 42 votes to win the poll. The ruling NDA with 80 MLAs (BJP: 64, AGP: 9 and UPPL: 7) has the numbers to comfortably win one seat, but is likely to fall short by four votes in the second seat. The Congress, which has 26 MLAs and is likely to get the support of the lone CPI(M) MLA, is believed to be eyeing the support of the 15 MLAs of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and three of the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) to spoil the BJP's chances. The NDA's tally in the Rajya Sabha will not see a change if it manages to win both the seats. Currently, the NDA has 128 members in the Upper House while the Opposition has 89 MPs. Non-aligned parties like the YSRCP, BRS, BJD, BSP and MNF have 20 members while eight seats are currently vacant In Tamil Nadu, the terms of six members – Anbumani Ramadoss (Pattali Makkal Katchi), N Chandrasegharan (AIADMK), M Shanmugam (DMK), P Wilson (DMK), M Mohamed Abdulla (DMK) and Vaiko (MDMK) – will expire on July 24. While the AIADMK and the PMK are constituents of the NDA, PMK is a part of the DMK-led INDIA bloc in the state. As Tamil Nadu has a 234-member Assembly, each candidate would require a minimum of 34 votes to win a Rajya Sabha poll. The INDIA bloc, with 158 members (DMK: 133, Congress:17, VCK: 4, CPI: 2, CPI(M): 2) is set to comfortably win four seats while the NDA (AIADMK: 66, BJP: 4, PMK: 5) looks poised to win two. However, it remains to be seen if the DMK gives a seat to Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), which had joined the INDIA bloc ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls but did not field candidates after it was reportedly promised a Rajya Sabha berth. With the BJP replacing its firebrand state chief K Annamalai to 'facilitate' the re-entry of the AIADMK into the NDA, it remains to be seen if its new coalition partner will return the 'favour' with a Rajya Sabha seat. J&K bypolls A day after the EC announced five Assembly bypolls in four states but left out the two seats in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC) on Monday questioned the delay and appealed to the poll panel to hold Rajya Sabha polls in the Union Territory (UT) at the earliest. 'Jammu and Kashmir has a right to representation in the Rajya Sabha. I appeal to the EC to hold elections as soon as possible. Moreover, Assembly by-elections are taking place everywhere except for Budgam and Nagrota. Why is there a delay only in Jammu and Kashmir?' NC chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq asked. The Budgam Assembly segment fell vacant after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah decided to give it up and retain Ganderbal while the Nagrota seat fell vacant following the death of BJP leader and incumbent MLA Devender Rana soon after last year's polls. Lalmani is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, and is based in New Delhi. He covers politics of the Hindi Heartland, tracking BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP, RLD and other parties based in UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand. Covered the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024; Assembly polls of 2012, 2017 and 2022 in UP along with government affairs in UP and Uttarakhand. ... Read More
Hans India
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Elections to 8 RS seats in TN, Assam on June 19
New Delhi: Elections for eight Rajya Sabha seats -- two in Assam and six in Tamil Nadu -- will be held on June 19, the poll panel announced on Monday. The two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam and the six in Tamil Nadu fell vacant in June and July, respectively. The BJP-led NDA which has 84 seats in the 126-member Assam Assembly will look to retain both the Rajya Sabha seats being vacated by Birendra Prasad Baishya of the Asom Gana Parishad and Mission Ranjan Das of the BJP. In Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK-led alliance appears set to win four of the six seats falling vacant, while the AIADMK and its alliance partner PMK will seek to retain the two seats they currently hold. The terms of six members from Tamil Nadu -- Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK), N Chandrasegharan (AIADMK), Mohamed Abdulla (DMK), M Shanmugam (DMK), P Wilson (DMK) and Vaiko (MDMK) -- will end on July 24. The elections are unlikely to make any difference in the political equations in the Rajya Sabha.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Rajya Sabha elections for 2 Assam seats set for June 19
Guwahati: Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Monday that biennial elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam will be held on June 19, with results declared the same day. The election notification will be issued on June 2, and nominations can be submitted until June 9. The elections coincide with the impending expiry of terms for Mission Ranjan Das (BJP) and Birendra Prasad Baishya (AGP) on June 14. Assam currently holds seven seats in the upper house, six of which are controlled by the NDA (BJP 4, UPPL 1, AGP 1), with one held by an Independent. The ECI has also scheduled Rajya Sabha elections for six seats in Tamil Nadu on the same day, along with bypolls for five Assembly constituencies across four states. To ensure voting integrity, the commission has mandated the use of violet sketch pens of predetermined specifications, provided by the returning officer, for marking ballot preferences. Alternative writing instruments are strictly prohibited. ECI observers will be deployed to oversee the electoral process, with mandatory compliance to its Covid-19 guidelines where applicable.
United News of India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Biennial polls to eight RS seats - two from Assam, six from TN, on June 19
New Delhi, May 26 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the election schedule for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu, for which the term of the elected sitting members is ending in June-July. According to an Election Commission release, the term of the two elected members from Assam will end on June 14, while for the six members from Tamil Nadu it will end on July 24. The two members retiring from Assam are: Mission Ranjan Das and Birendra Prasad Baishya. The six members retiring from Tamil Nadu are: Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss (Pattali Makkal Katchi), M. Shanmugam (DMK), N. Chandrasegharan (DMK), M. Mohammed Abdullah (DMK), P. Wilson (DMK) and Vaiko (MDMK). According to the schedule released by the Election Commission, the notification for the elections will be issued on June 2, and the last date for filing nomination papers is June 9. The scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on June 10, and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 12. Polling will be held on June 19 from 9 am to 4 pm. Counting of votes will be held on the same day, an hour after the polling ends. The Commission has directed that only violet colour sketch pens of a pre-fixed specification will be used, which will be provided by the Returning Officer. No other pen can be used in the elections, it said. It also said that adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair elections. It added that broad guidelines of Covid-19 may be followed, wherever applicable, during the entire process by all persons. UNI GNK/RN RN
