NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party’s media cell head Pawan Khera besides BJP leaders Satish Poonia and Tarun Chugh were among 24 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
All but three of the 27 seats for Rajya Sabha were decided with NDA candidates declared elected unopposed in 19 and Congress in the remaining five.
Elections for two seats in Jharkhand, where a keen contest is on the cards, and one seat in Mizoram will be held on June 18.