Rajya Sabha polls: Independent MLAs meet Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress candidates

By PTI

JAIPUR: Ten of 13 unbiased MLAs in Rajasthan met Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections right here on Tuesday evening.

Discussions concerning the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on June 10 passed off within the assembly, get together sources mentioned.

State Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra and get together candidates Mukul Wasnik, Pramod Tiwari and Randeep Singh Surjewal have been current on the event.

The elections to 4 seats of the Rajya Sabha in Rajasthan will happen on June 10.

The Congress has fielded three candidates and the BJP one.

Backed by the BJP, media baron Subhash Chandra filed his nomination for the elections to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, a transfer that might scuttle the Congress probabilities of profitable a 3rd seat from Rajasthan.

Essel Group chairman Chandra is at present a Rajya Sabha member from Haryana and his time period goes to run out on August 1.

The submitting of papers by him as an unbiased prompted Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to allege that the BJP needs to bask in horse buying and selling.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan with its 108 MLAs within the state Assembly is ready to win two of the 4 seats going to the elections.

After profitable two seats, the Congress could have 26 surplus votes, 15 wanting the required 41 to win the third seat.

On the opposite hand, the BJP has 71 MLAs within the state Assembly and set to win one seat, after which it is going to be left with 30 surplus votes.

The Congress is anticipating help of unbiased MLAs and legislators of different events to win the third seat.