Union minister for commerce and industry Anand Sharma and two other Congress candidates Ashaq Ali Tak and Narendra Budhaniya today filed their nomination papers for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls slated for June 17.
Rajya Sabha biennial polls will be held for four posts falling vacant after term completion of Najma Heptuallah, Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, Narendra Budhaniya, Santosh Bagdodiya, and one bye poll of Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after death of BJP's KK Valmiki.
Congress has fielded three candidates, while BJP has announced the names of VP Singh and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who are likely to file their papers later in the day as today is the last date of filing nominations.
