Voting For 16 Seats Of Rajya Sabha Concludes. Fate Of FM Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Surjewala & Others Sealed | Top Developments

Union Ministers Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Congress's Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, and Mukul Wasnik, and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut are among the candidates whose electoral destiny will be decided. 

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Voting for 16 Rajya Sabha seats across four states -- Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka -- has concluded. Before the RS election, some political parties relocated their legislators to hotels to prevent poaching by opponents. The polls opened at 9 am and concluded at the scheduled time of 4 pm. Now, at 5 pm the votes will be counted.

Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Congress's Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, and Mukul Wasnik, and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut are among the candidates whose electoral destiny will be decided in these elections. 

Here Are Some Top Developments In Rajya Sabha 2022 Polling

• The Bombay High Court on Friday refused quick relief to detained Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, who had requested a day release to vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.
• After casting his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections, K Srinivasa Gowda, Karnataka JD(S) leader on Friday said: "I have voted for Congress because I love it."
• HD Kumaraswamy, the leader of the Janata Dal (Secular), dismissed false allegations that his party's MPs will cross vote in the Rajya Sabha elections, despite the fact that at least one of them expressed open support for Congress.
• "An atmosphere that the election would be a close contest is being created, however, all four candidates of the MVA will win after the first round of elections," said Sanjay Raut, Sena chief spokesperson, one of the four candidates of MVA. He further added, "The Uddhav Thackeray government has the support of 169 legislators. In today's election, BJP should not be shocked if we get more."
• Before casting his vote in the Rajya Sabha polls, Ashok Gehlot said: "These elections are forced and unnecessary."
• The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) opted to vote for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidates in the Maharashtra Rajya Sabha elections, according to Imtiaz Jaleel, the party's state unit president.
• BJP has raised objections on three votes of MVA - Yashomati Thakur of INC, Jitendra Awhad of NCP and Suhas Kande of Shiv Sena.