Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu chairs Congress Legislature Party meeting ahead of Abhishek Manu Singhvi's nomination filing

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 14 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu chaired the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting on Wednesday ahead of the nomination filing by Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
Incharge of Himachal Pradesh Congress Rajiv Shukla, Co-Incharge Himachal Pradesh Congress Tejinder Bittu, former Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Pratibha Singh and all three independent MLAs of State Assembly also attended the meeting.
Congress on Wednesday announced its six candidates from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on February 27.
The grand old party has fielded All India Congress Committee (AICC) treasurer Ajay Maken from Karnataka. Along with him, Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain and GC Chandrashekhar will also contest from the southern state.
Earlier today, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Rajasthan.
Party MP Rahul Gandhi, party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and state party president Govind Singh Dotasra were also present.
The grand old party also announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Biennial elections today.
According to an official release from the All India Congress Committee (AICC), "Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Sonia Gandhi from Rajasthan and Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh from Bihar."
While Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been fielded from Himachal Pradesh, Chandrakant Handore has been fielded from Maharashtra.
The term for Rajya Sabha MPs is six years, and elections are held after every two years for 33 per cent of the seats. Currently, the Rajya Sabha has a strength of 245 members.
The Election Commission has scheduled the Rajya Sabha elections for 15 states, including Uttar Pradesh, for February 27. Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on this date, with the deadline for nominations set for February 15.
The results of the elections will be announced on the same day, February 27. The Election Commission has announced the biennial Rajya Sabha polls for 56 seats, as the tenure of incumbents ends in April.
Out of the total 245 members, out of which 233 are representatives of the States and Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir (w.e.f. 31.10. 2019) and 12 are nominated by the President.