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Congress renominates Ambika Soni, Mohsina Kidwai for Rajya Sabha polls | | The Congress party has renominated Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni from Punjab and All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Mohsina
Kidwai from Chhattisgarh for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha. "Four
other candidates renominated include Vijay Darda and Avinash Pandey from Maharashtra,
EMS Natchiappan from Tamil Nadu and Dheeraj Prasad Sahu from Jharkhand," an AICC
release said on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Minister of State for Environment
and Forests Jairam Ramesh was given a ticket to contest the Rajya Sabha elections
from Andhra Pradesh. The elections are being held for the 55 Rajya Sabha seats.
The voting for 49 seats from 12 states will take place on June 17, while polling
for six Andhra Pradesh seats will be held on June 14. |
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