Sharad Pawar, lawyer Majid Memon, industralist Rajkumar Dhoot file RS nominations from Maharashtra

24 January,2014 08:33 PM IST |   |  PTI

While NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Majid Memon replace NCP's retiring members Y P Trivedi and Janardhan Waghmare, Rajkumar Dhoot has been re-nominated.


Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, lawyer Majid Memon and industrialist Rajkumar Dhoot filed their nomination papers here for the Rajya Sabha polls.

With this, the total number of nominations filed so far reached four. Yesterday, Pune businessman Sanjay Kakade filed his papers as an independent.

Pawar and Memon replace NCP's retiring members Y P Trivedi and Janardhan Waghmare. While Dhoot has been re-nominated.


Sharad Pawar. File Pic

It is not yet clear if Shiv Sena will field a second candidate.

BJP and Congress have yet to declare their candidates for the February 7 elections.

Prakash Javdekar (BJP) and Murli Deora and Hussain Dalwai (Congress) are the retiring members.

The last date of filing of papers is January 28.

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