New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday approved Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh’s candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Andhra Pradesh.

Gandhi also approved names of three others – N. Janaradhana Reddy, V. Hanumantha Rao, and J.D. Seelam for the biennial Rajya Sabha election from the state, a party release said here.