RS polls: Sonia files papers, Naseer, Chandrasekhar in Cong list

New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday filed her nomination papers from Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha polls while the BJP renominated its chief J P Nadda and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Among the 10 candidates announced by the Congress were party treasurer Ajay Maken, who has been fielded from Karnataka.

Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other Congress leaders when she filed her nomination papers in Jaipur.

The election to the 56 Rajya Sabha seats is scheduled to be held on February 27, and the last date for filing nominations is February 15.

Former Union minister Maken has now been fielded from Congress-ruled Karnataka. The Congress also renominated Syed Naseer Hussain, who is a coordinator in the office of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

This will be Hussain's second term as a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka.

Congress leader from Karnataka GC Chandrasekhar has been renominated by the party in the list announced on Wednesday. (PTI)