The Congress on Sunday released a list of 10 names for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, including Abhishek Singhvi, former Union Minister of State for Railways Naranbhai Rathwa and well-known journalist Kumar Ketkar.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, back from his Singapore and Malaysia trip, cleared the names for seven States including two from Gujarat.
While Mr. Rathwa, who has been a Lok Sabha candidate for five terms and served as junior Railway Minister, is the first candidate from Gujarat, the other choice is Amee Yagnik, a well-known Congress panelist on national television.
Maharashtra-based journalist Ketkar has been chosen from the State where the party can send one nominee.
From Karnataka, where the party can send three members, L. Hanumanthaiah, Syed Naseer Hussain and G.C. Chandrashekhar are its nominees.
One candidate each from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana have been fielded by the Congress since. Mr. Singhvi has been fielded from West Bengal with Trinamool support.
In Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal declared national spokesperson Manoj Jha and Ashfaq Karim as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections.
