New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Congress Saturday named Commerce Minister Anand Sharma as one of its three nominees from Rajasthan for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi also approved the names of two others – Ask Ali Tak and Narendra Budania – for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections from the state, a party release said here.

Vijay Laxmi Sadho is the party’s nominee from Madhya Pradesh for the Rajya Sabha polls, said the release issued by party leader Oscar Fernandes.