Ex-Prime Minister & JD(S) Chief HD Deve Gowda, as well as the former leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge were among the 4 candidates for Rajya Sabha from Karanataka who were on Friday declared elected unopposed.
The state's ruling BJP sent to Parliament 2 MPs- Ashok Gasti & Eranna Kadadi.
Speaking to the news agency, Kharge, thanked Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi & party MP Rahul Gandhi. He said, "I thank Sonia Gandhi ji & Rahul Gandhi ji as they have given me an opportunity to serve at Rajya Sabha for the first time."
On Monday, the Janata Dal (Secular) announced that Ex-PM, Gowda has decided to contest the Rajya Sabha elections.
The 4 Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka, represented by Rajeev Gowda & B K Hariprasad of Congress, Prabhakar Kore of the BJP & D Kupendra Reddy of JDS will fall vacant with their retirement later this month.
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