After the Himachal tie loss, the Congress has now nominated senior chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Telangana.The by-poll was necessitated as a result of resignation of former Bharat Rashtra Samithi MP Ok Keshava Rao, who switched to Congress final month.
“The Congress President, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, has authorized the candidature of Abhishek Manu Singhvi as Congress candidate to contest the following bye-election to the Council of States from Telangana,” Congress common secretary KC Venugopal mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has authorized the candidature of Abhishek Manu Singhvi as Congress candidate to contest the following bye-election to Rajya Sabha from Telangana. pic.twitter.com/gj9EpkNENz
— ANI (@ANI) August 14, 2024
Shortly after the announcement, Singhvi took to X and wrote: “My honest gratitude to Congress President (Mallikarjun) Kharge… Sonia (Gandhi) ji and Rahul (Gandhi) ji, to Priyanka (Gandhi) ji, and to all senior management for belief and religion reposed in me.”
My honest gratitude to the Congress President, Shri Kharge, to 2 former CPs, Soniaji &Rahulji, to Priyankaji and to all senior management for the belief and religion reposed in me. Abhishek Singhvi
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) August 14, 2024
Rao had stop the Congress social gathering in 2013 and joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharath Rashtra Samithi). However he returned to the grand previous social gathering in July, following the social gathering’s sweeping victory in Telangana.
Final week, the Election Fee of India (ECI) had introduced bypolls for 12 Rajya Sabha seats in 9 states.
Out of those 12 seats, 10 fell vacant after the members have been elected to Lok Sabha within the parliamentary elections held earlier this yr. These embrace Piyush Goyal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Deepender Hooda, KC Venugopal, Biplab Deb, and Misa Bharti amongst others.
The final date for submitting nominations for the by-polls is August 21 and the elections will seemingly be held on September 3.
Given Congress’s majority within the 119-member Meeting in Telangana, Singhvi is more likely to win the bypoll this time and enter the Higher Home. With Singhvi’s win, the social gathering can inch as much as 27 seats within the meeting.
Earlier this yr, the grand previous social gathering had fielded Singhvi from Himachal Pradesh. Nevertheless, the social gathering’s hopes of securing the seat have been dashed after a cross-voting by some Congress MLAs led to the social gathering’s loss.
The Congress had a energy of 40 members within the 68-member Himachal Meeting. Apart from this, it additionally had the help of three Independents.
Nevertheless, as a result of cross voting each BJP and Congress secured 34 votes every as six Congress rebels and three Independents voted in favour of the BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan. Subsequently, the winner was introduced by a draw of tons.