Praveen Chakravarty set to enter Rajya Sabha
Praveen Chakravarty of the Congress party is set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. His nomination was the only one declared valid after the rejection of 12 other independent candidates.
Why it matters
This confirms a shift in the composition of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament following a local by-election.
Following the completion of scrutiny of nominations for the by-election to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, the nomination paper of Congress candidate Praveen Chakravarty alone was declared valid. The TVK had allotted the seat to the Congress, its post-poll ally, which has five MLAs.
The report is a straightforward account of an election procedure.
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