Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
TVK chief C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced that his party would allocate the lone Rajya Sabha seat to Congress which became vacant after AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam resigned from the Upper House.
Shanmugam quit the seat following his victory from the Mailam assembly constituency in the April 23 Assembly election.
“As Rajya Sabha election is to be held in Tamil Nadu on 18th of this month, a seat has been allocated to the All India Congress party, which is part of the alliance led by TVK in Tamil Nadu,” Vijay said in a statement.
advertisement
The TVK’s decision to offer the lone Rajya Sabha seat to the Congress came against the backdrop of key meetings between national party leaders, including former union finance minister P Chidambaram and Congress Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar at the Secretariat.
After meeting Chief Minister Vijay at his office, Chodankar told reporters that the Congress’ presence will be strengthened in the Upper House by getting the Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu.
Since TVK is the single largest party in the state Assembly, its alliance partner Congress is expected to comfortably win the Rajya Sabha seat.
Election Commission sources said that the nominations began on June 1 and will go on till June 8. The scrutiny of nominations would take place on June 9. The last date of withdrawal will be on June 11. The poll will be held on June 18 from 9 am to 4 pm. The counting will begin on the same date from 5 pm onwards.
– Ends
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
