JAIPUR, Feb. 14, 2024 (TBINN)
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination papers here for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan.
Sonia’s children Rahul Gandhi and Piyanka Gandhi, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, P.C.C. chief Govind Singh Dotasra, leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully were present at the time of the nomination filing in the Assembly building.
Before filing nomination, Sonia Gandhi met with party M.L.A.s in the Opposition lobby of the Assembly.
Congress is comfortably placed to win one of the three Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan, for which, elections will be held. The seat will fall vacant after former prime minister Manmohan Singh completes his six-year tenure in April this year.
It will be Sonia Gandhi’s first term in the Upper House after serving five terms as a Lok Sabha M.P.
The 77-year-old, who represented Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha, will not contest next general elections. She was first elected as an M.P. in 1999 after taking over as Congress’ president.
In a post on Social Media earlier in the day, Ashok Gehlot said, “We heartily welcome the announcement of respected Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji as the Rajya Sabha candidate from the Congress Party, who renounced the post of Prime Minister.”
“Today her announcement as Rajya Sabha candidate from Rajasthan is a matter of happiness for the entire state and with this announcement all the old memories have been refreshed,” Ashok Gehlot added.
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