Rajya Sabha polls: Fears of cross-voting, hints from BJP leaders make Congress cautious

Key points

• A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress announced their candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, political buzz has picked up pace in the State with leaders of the ruling parties hinting at fielding a candidate for the third seat and Congress calling a meeting of its MLAs.
• On Thursday (June 4) evening, the BJP fielded its national general secretary Tarun Chug and state unit secretary Rajneesh Agrawal for the two seats from the State it is comfortably positioned to win.
• The Congress also fielded former Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Natarajan, a confidant of Rahul Gandhi, as the Opposition party has the numbers to secure one seat.
• The three seats that are going to fall vacant from Madhya Pradesh are currently held by Union Minister George Kurien, BJP MP Sumer Singh Solanki, and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.
• In the 230-seat-strong Assembly, the...