India, March 6 -- The Congress has announced its six candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, renominating Abhishek Singhvi and Phulo Devi Netam, while fielding a district unit chief for the lone seat from Himachal Pradesh.

Thursday was the last day to file nominations for the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls.

Singhvi, one of the key legal experts of the Congress, who had earlier chaired parliamentary panels on home, law and commerce, has been nominated from Telangana. Netam, a top-ranking Congress leader from Chhattisgarh, had survived a major Maoist attack in 2013 in which over 20 party leaders were killed.

In line with senior party leader Rahul Gandhi's emphasis on empowering district unit leaders, the Congress has fielded Kangr...