Sitharaman likely to take Rajya Sabha route from Andhra Pradesh

June 14, 2014 14:30

Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to be elected to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh in the by-election slated for July 3.

The ruling Telugu Desam Party has decided to allot the lone seat to its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party.

The by-election was caused due to the death of sitting MP N Janardhana Reddy of the Congress, whose term was originally supposed to end on June 21, 2016.

Since Sitharaman is currently not a member of Parliament, her name is tipped for the Rajya Sabha seat from AP where the TDP-BJP alliance has a comfortable majority of108 members in the 175-member assembly.

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