"rajya-sabha"

His resignation has set off a discussion on whether or not the other six legislators in Telangana, who defected to the Congress would also send in their papers voluntarily.

The State leadership has reportedly directed all party candidates and leaders to hold street corner meetings in their respective constituencies and tell people that the BJP did not have any plan either to change the Constitution or to end reservations.

Shah will arrive at 11 am in Siddipet and address a poll meeting at Government Degree college grounds.

The Mandal Commission too had recommended constitution of a separate ministry for the BCs, he reminded.

According to BJP State general secretary Gujjula Premender Reddy, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and party State president G Kishan Reddy would accompany party Medak candidate M Raghunandan Rao to file nomination.

The 85-year-old leader was nominated twice as member of the Rajya Sabha twice by the BRS and he was also made the leader of BRSPP in Rajya Sabha too.

Later, Keshava Rao expressed his desire to rejoin Congress, where he began his political career.

State BJP chief G Kishan Reddy will be presiding the meeting and party general secretary and Telangana in-charge Tarun Chugh, Rajya Sabha member K Laxman and other senior leaders of the party will attend the meeting.

Laxman said the NTPC had already warned that if the State government failed to sign an agreement with it, the company would sign agreements with other States and Telangana would not be supplied power.

Modi asserted in a post on X that her presence in the Upper House is a powerful testament to "Nari Shakti" (women power), exemplifying the strength and potential of women in shaping the nation's destiny.

The numbers will take the BJP's tally in Rajya Sabha to 97 and that of BJP-led NDA to 117, just four short of the majority mark of 121 in the 240-member House once all 56 members are sworn in Of 56 Rajya Sabha seats that fall vacant in April, BJP won 30; 20 unopposed and 10 in elections held Tuesday.

Renuka Chowdhury will serve her sixth term as an MP, where as Anil Kumar Yadav will be making his debut in the Parliament, while Ravichandra has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha for a second consecutive time

The budget session of Parliament concluded on Saturday after it was extended by a day.

The election of all three candidates is likely to be unanimous, with no other candidate in the poll fray

Sonia’s decision not to seek re-election from Rae Bareli sends a wrong message to an already demoralised cadre

KCR finalised Ravichandra's candidature after discussing with party senior leaders on Wednesday. Ravichandra will file his nomination papers on Thursday

Last week, the State unit had passed a unanimous resolution authorising AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge to finalise the candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections.

The four candidates announced are Md Nadimul Haque, Mamata Bala Thakur, Sushmita Dev and Sagarika Ghosh.

He said that for more than a year, he had not come across a single person in the country who was not free from fear.

In August 2023, Manmohan Singh had arrived in Rajya Sabha on a wheelchair to cast his vote on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.