Congress's Rajya Sabha List Spurs More Dissent With "Outsiders" Charge
NDTV
Congress Rajya Sabha List: Rajeev Shukla, Ajay Maken, and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Karnataka in the list of 10 candidates from seven states for the Rajya Sabha polls on June 10.
The Congress list of Rajya Sabha candidates has caused massive resentment in the ranks, especially among the "dissenters" and those left out. कांग्रेस का चिंतन शिविर हुआ राजस्थान में, अब लीजिये इस चिंतन की एक और उपलब्धि…अब स्थानीय उम्मीदवारों का टोटा….बिना “लोकल” कौन होगा “वोकल”…#RajyaSabhaElections ‘शायद मेरी तपस्या में कुछ कमी रह गई' SoniaJi our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 whn I joined Congressparty on her behest we weren't in power thn.Since then it's been 18Yrs they dint find an opportunity Mr Imran is accommodated in RS frm Maha I ask am I less deserving
Sources close to the G-23 or Group of 23 "dissenters" in the Congress have raised many questions about the choice of candidates for the upper house of parliament. The party has chosen "outsiders" in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the two states where it is in power.
Rajeev Shukla, Ajay Maken, and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Karnataka in the list of 10 candidates from seven states for the Rajya Sabha polls on June 10.
P Chidambaram, who is in Rajya Sabha, has once again been named from Tamil Nadu and Ranjeet Ranjan has been fielded from Chhattisgarh. Vivek Tankha is the Congress candidate from Madhya Pradesh.
