Maharashtra: Nationalist Congress Party’s Sunetra Pawar files nomination for Rajya Sabha election

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday.

The election date for ten vacant Rajya Sabha seats are yet to be announced. Polling is due for two seats each in Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tripura.

“The party’s core group members have unanimously decided on her candidacy,” senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said in a social media post. “With her vast experience in public life and social services, we are confident she will be a strong representative for our party in the Rajya Sabha.”