Rajani Patel to get Cong. RS seat from Maharashtra
The Hindu
BJP withdraws candidate for by-poll
Senior Congress leader is set to be declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha after the Opposition BJP decided to withdraw its candidate for the by-poll slated to be held on October 4, sources said on Monday.
The by-poll was necessitated following the from post-COVID-19 complications in April this year.
While the BJP had fielded its Mumbai general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay, Ms. Patil, a former Lok Sabha MP, was picked by the Congress as the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) candidate.
Everyone talks about the Airport Metro, but one look at the pillars and completion seems nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, a faster, cheaper, roomier alternative called the Suburban Rail Airport Corridor is finally getting off the drawing board. This dedicated corridor with its specialised coaches will link the airport to vast stretches of Bengaluru, where the metro connection is still years away.