Mumbai, June 10: Maharashtra Congress spokesman Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, who was in the fray for the Rajya Sabha polls as an Independent, today withdrew his nomination facilitating the election of all six candidates unopposed to the Upper House. Today was the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers for the biennial elections to fill in six vacancies from Maharashtra.
Gidwani”s withdrawal has facilitated the election of Vijay Darda, Avinash Pande (Congress), Tariq Anwar, Ishwarlal Jain (NCP), Piyush Goel (BJP) and Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena) to the Upper House of Parliament unopposed. The election was slated for June 17.
Gidwani told reporters that he was withdrawing his nomination after discussions with the party leadership. The presence of Gidwani in the poll fray would have posed trouble for the NCP”s second candidate as the party did not have the required numbers to get two candidates elected.
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