Shimla, March 10 -- Congress candidate Anurag Sharma has been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha for the lone seat from Himachal Pradesh.

The 48-year-old Youth Congress leader also served as Kangra district Congress committee president. Sharma began his career in 1994 as an NSUI worker.

He received his Certificate of Election from the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Secretariat after being declared elected as Rajya Sabha MP.

The election went unopposed as the Bharatiya Janata Party did not field any candidate. The Himachal Vidhan Sabha secretary declared the result on Monday.

Himachal Congress organised a felicitation programme at party's state headquarters in Shimla for the newly elected Rajya Sabha MP Sharma.

Sharma will assume office ...