New Delhi, March 5 -- Congress on Thursday announced six candidates for the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16 across 10 states.

The list includes senior sitting Rajya Sabha MP and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Advisor to the Telangana Chief Minister Vem Narender Reddy, Phulo Devi Netam, Karamvir Singh Boudh, Anurag Sharma, and M Christopher Tilak.

Singhvi has been re-nominated as the party's Rajya Sabha candidate from Telangana, along with Narender Reddy. Meanwhile, Phulo Devi Netam, Karamvir Boudh and Christopher Tilak have been fielded from Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, respectively.

Earlier in the day, Vem Narender Reddy, who is considered a close aide to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy,...