Wahab, Brittas and Sivadasan elected to RS unopposed

Thiruvananthapuram: PV Abdul Wahab, John Brittas and A Sivadasan were elected unopposed to the Parliament’s Upper House. Their election to the Rajya Sabha was announced by Kerala legislative secretary and returning officer SV Unnikrishnan here on Friday.
The election to Rajya Sabha was held after the term of three MPs —Vayalar Ravi, KK Ragesh and Abdul Wahab— expired on April 21.
Since there was no clarity on the date on which the election commission is about to hold the election to the seats falling vacant, CPM leader S Sarma and the legislative assembly secretary had approached the high court seeking directions in this regard. Election commission had earlier announced the date of election as April 12, but did not issue the subsequent notification, forcing the incumbent state government to approach the court.
Wahab represents IUML in the Upper House and the other two are CPM nominees. The candidature of Brittas, journalist and media adviser to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has come as a surprise to many in the CPM. tnn