Sanjha Morcha

Election for five Punjab RS seats on March 21

Chandigarh: The election for five Rajya Sabha seats of Punjab is likely to take place on March 21. A notification regarding this will be issued on Friday. The term of five Rajya Sabha members — Ashwani Kumar, Avinash Rai Khanna, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Manohar Singh Gill and Naresh Gujral — ends on April 4. The election will be held in two phases. In the first phase, polling will take place for the three seats represented by Ashwani, Khanna and Dhindsa. This will be followed by another election for the remaining two seats. The Akalis are likely to put up candidates for two seats and leave one for the BJP. Akali Dal’s Dhindsa and Gujral may be re-nominated. The Congress is likely to win two Rajya Sabha seats. The party had three Rajya Sabha MPs. Tns

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