Mumbai, Feb. 15 -- Maharashtra's former Chief Minister and the BJP nominee Ashok Chavan, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) sitting MP Praful Patel and Congress nominee Chandrakant Handore are among the six candidates in the fray for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls in the State who will get elected unopposed.
With the ruling BJP deciding not to field its fourth candidate for the February 27 RS polls, decks were cleared for the uncontested election of all the six candidates in the fray.
The BJP has nominated Chavan, who quit the Congress and joined its ranks on Tuesday, former MLA from Pune Medha Kulkarni and RSS pracharak-turned-BJP leader Dr Ajeet Gopchade as its candidates for the RS polls.
The NCP (Ajit Pawar) sprang a surprise by nominating its...