Ambika is Cong’s RS candidate from Punjab
Sunday, 29/05/2016
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New Delhi : Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Ambika Soni is the Congress’ Rajya Sabha candidate from Punjab. A general secretary of the party, Soni is a close aide of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. It is learnt that Soni’s candidature also has the backing of Punjab Congress Committee (PPCC) president and former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to RS while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively.
Others nominated in the polls include Oscar Fernandes from Karnataka, Chaya Verma from Chhattisgarh and Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh and Pradeep Tamta from Uttarakhand. The decision was taken by party president Sonia Gandhi. The 70-year-old Chidambaram did not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and his son Karti had unsuccessfully fought from his native Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu. One nomination from Karnataka has been left to the party general secretary and PCC chief and CLP leader to decide. The entry of Chidambaram and Sibal in Rajya Sabha and renomination of Ramesh would strengthen the party’s attack on the government in the Upper House where the NDA lacks majority.
