Abhishek Manu Singhvi had filed his nomination in Hyderabad on August 19 (File)
Hyderabad:
Congress chief and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was on Tuesday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Telangana in a bypoll.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Senior Vice President G Niranjan obtained the certificates of election on behalf of Mr Singhvi from the returning officer in Hyderabad.
An impartial candidate had filed nomination for the bypoll nevertheless it was rejected throughout scrutiny.
Mr Singhvi was the only real candidate within the fray and he was introduced as elected on Tuesday, the final date for withdrawal of candidatures.
Mr Singhvi had filed his nomination in Hyderabad on August 19. He was accompanied by Telangana Chief Minister and State Congress President A Revanth Reddy and different Congress leaders.
The senior lawyer had mentioned it’s an honour for him to have been nominated because the occasion candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll in Telangana.
The Rajya Sabha bypoll was necessitated because of the resignation of Ok Keshava Rao from the Higher Home when he give up the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to affix the Congress.
Earlier this yr, Mr Singhvi had misplaced the Rajya Sabha election from Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh. BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan gained the February 27 election by means of a draw of heaps after each candidates secured 34 votes every.
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