Six TN Candidates' Rajya Sabha Nominations Accepted; Unopposed Election Likely

• Nominations of six candidates for the Rajya Sabha biennial election from Tamil Nadu were accepted after scrutiny on Friday.
• Four candidates are from the DMK combine (DMK, Congress, DMDK) and two from the opposition AIADMK.
• Accepted candidates include DMK’s Trichy N Siva, J Constantine Ravindran; Congress’ M Christopher Tilak; DMDK’s L K Sudeesh; AIADMK’s M Thambidurai; and PMK’s Anbumani Ramadoss.
• The nominations were accepted without any objections, paving the way for their likely unopposed election.
• The nomination paper of P Swaminathan (PMK S Ramadoss faction) was rejected.