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Four Union Ministers and an AICC office-bearer were today renominated by the Congress for the March 26 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, but there was still suspense on a number of seats.
Union Ministers Murli Deora and Prithviraj Chavan were renominated from Maharashtra while T Subbirami Reddy and G K Vasan were given Congress tickets to contest the poll from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu respectively. AICC treasurer Motilal Vora has been renominated from Chhattisgarh.
The others who have been included in the 11-member list are: Nandi Yellaiah (Andhra Pradesh), Mukut Mithi (Arunachal Pradesh), Bhubaneshwar Kalita (Assam), Ram Prakash (Haryana), Rishang Keishing (Manipur) and R C Khuntia (Orissa).
It is still unclear whether Union Minister Suresh Pachouri, who has recently been appointed Madhya Pradesh PCC chief, would be renominated for the fifth time from the state where the party does not have enough numbers to elect a single member.
Reddy managed to get renomination despite reports that his nephew and media baron Venkataram Reddy was a frontrunner. In Tamil Nadu, party spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan and TNCC chief M Krishnaswamy are said to be in the race for the other seat.
The party also nominated members for three Legislative Council seats in Maharashtra and one from Bihar.
