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Nadimul Haq, four others elected unopposed to
Rajya Sabha
Thursday March 22, 2012 05:43:25 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
All five Rajya Sabha nominees from West Bengal - four of the
ruling Trinamool Congress and another fielded by the opposition
Left Front - were elected unopposed after the Congress withdrew
its only candidate from the fray Thursday.
Abdul Mannan, who had filed his papers as Congress nominee, pulled
out from the race following instructions from the party high
command.
With the deadline for withdrawal of nomination expiring at 3 p.m.
Thursday, assembly secretary J. Chakraborty declared that the five
remaining candidates for as many vacant seats were elected
unopposed.
The four Trinamoool candidates who made it to the upper house of
parliament are new Railway Minister Mukul Roy (who has been
re-elected), and three journalists Kunal Ghosh, Mohammed
Nadim-ul-Haq and Vivek Gupta.
The other victor was Tapan Sen of the Communist Party of
India-Marxist - a veteran trade unionist and Centre of Indian
Trade Unions secretary.
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