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PM, two others in Assam Rajya Sabha polls on 30 May

May 23, 2013

The nomination papers of the three contestants were found valid on the day of scrutiny on 21 May and no nomination was withdrawn today. #Politics #India #Manmohan Singh #Rajya Sabha #AIUDF #Assam #PoliticalPlay #Santius Kujur #Aminul Islam
Kanimozhi to Raja: the RS elections will hold the key to future alliances in TN

May 22, 2013

The DMDK, which has a highly useful 10 percent vote share in the state, is a relatively new party that is being actively wooed by both the Congress and the DMK. #Kanimozhi #Tamil Nadu #DMK #P. Chidambaram #Rajya Sabha #AIADMK #Jayanti Natarajan #D Raja #Tamil Nadu Congress Committee #Gnanadesikan
PM files curative petition to correct age as 80 in RS poll papers

May 21, 2013

The prime minister had filed his nomination papers on 15 May at the state Assembly before the Assembly Principal Secretary GP Das. #Politics #India #Manmohan Singh #Rajya Sabha #Assam #PoliticalPlay #affidavit

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$The RS fracas and a brief history of Parliamentary battles$

The RS fracas and a brief history of Parliamentary battles

Sep 06, 2012

The fight between legislators in the Rajya Sabha brought back not so fond memories of similar incidents in the past. Here's a brief history. #Rajya Sabha #Electoral reforms #Speaker #Assembly
How Parliament's monsoon session will flop thanks to coal-gate

Aug 08, 2012

Here's why coal gate and CAG will ensure that nothing productive is going to happen in the monsoon session of Parliament. #Manmohan Singh #CAG #Rajya Sabha #InMyOpinion #Lok Sabha #parliament #Monsoon session #Coal-gate
What Meira Kumar can learn from John Bercow

Jul 11, 2012

Like Bercow, the presiding officers in India should campaign for the Parliament with passion. #Meira Kumar #Rajya Sabha #ConnectTheDots #Lok Sabha #John Bercrow

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Times of India
PM’s Rajya Sabha re-election: Dissidence worries Congress

2013-05-24 21:58:00

GUWAHATI: The sword of Congress dissidence in Assam is hanging over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's chances of re-election to the RajyaSabha for the fifth consecutive time. A worried Congress has now decided to issue a whip to all its MLAs to be present #Indian National Congress #Assam #Manmohan Singh
MSN India
PM, two others vie for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam

2013-05-23 21:40:00

Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others are in the contest for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, officials said here Thursday. The poll is slated for May 30. Officials said the prime minister's four sets of nomination papers, #Assam #Manmohan Singh #Indian National Congress
The Hindu
Amid protests, Manmohan files nomination for Rajya Sabha poll

2013-05-15 18:25:00

The Hindu Prime Minister Manmohan Singh comes out of the Assam Assembly after filing his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha, in Guwahati on Wednesday. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar The Hindu Members of All Assam Students' Union (AASU) protest against the Pri #Assam #Manmohan Singh #Bangladesh

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