Rajya Sabha polls: Congress fields wild cards Anurag Sharma from Himachal, Karamvir Baudh from Haryana
Abhishek Singhvi to return to Rajya Sabha from Telangana
The Congress on Thursday fielded party's senior spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections from Telangana, naming Kangra district chief Anurag Sharma from Himachal Pradesh and Karamvir Baudh from Haryana.
Baudh doesn’t belong to any camp in the Haryana Congress. He was earlier secretary of the Scheduled Caste cell at the AICC and is a candidate of the high command and a leader of the Scheduled Caste segment.
In Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Sharma, close to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has been nominated. This at a time when former state chief Pratibha Singh was expecting a nomination for herself or her son Vikramaditya Singh.
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In Chhattisgarh, the party has renominated tribal leader Phulo Devi Nehtam.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy’s adviser Vem Narender Reddy has also been nominated.
The list of Congress candidates immediately sparked curiosity in the party camp, especially on account of nomination of Baudh and Anurag Sharma, both wild cards.
जिला कांग्रेस कमेटी, कांगड़ा के अध्यक्ष एवं जमीनी कार्यकर्ता श्री अनुराग शर्मा जी को कांग्रेस पार्टी द्वारा हिमाचल प्रदेश से राज्यसभा चुनाव के लिए उम्मीदवार बनाए जाने पर हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएँ।
अनुराग जी के अनुभव से प्रदेश की आवाज़ संसद में मजबूती से गूंजेगी और जनता के… pic.twitter.com/KnvzotV6NJ
— Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (@SukhuSukhvinder) March 5, 2026
