Raipur, June 7 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai, who has been re-nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh, filed her papers here Monday.
Accompanied by state Congress leaders, Kidwai submitted her nomination papers to returning officer and state assembly secretary Devendra Verma. The election is scheduled for June 17.
The mineral-rich state has two vacancies in the Rajya Sabha with state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nand Kumar Sai and Congress’ Kidwai completing their tenures. Sai has also been re-nominated by the BJP, and filed his papers Wednesday.
Both parties will share one seat each as the BJP has 48 legislators in the 90-member assembly while the Congress has 39. One assembly seat is vacant and the remaining two seats are held by the Bahujan Samaj Party.
