NEW DELHI, Feb. 15 -- Virtually indicating her retirement from electoral politics, UPA Chairperson and longest-serving Congress president Sonia Gandhi filed her nominations on Wednesday to enter the Rajya Sabha. Alongside, top BJP leaders including party chief JP Nadda were nominated from Gujarat this time, as his current RS seat in Himachal Pradesh will be vacant.
Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan, among others, also received the green signal from the BJP for re-election from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, respectively. With Nadda and Vaishnaw announced as candidates for the council of States, the speculation about their contesting Lok Sabha elections comes to an end. Nadda was expected to shift from Himachal Pradesh, while Vaish...