RJD may send Rabri Devi, Ram Jethmalani to Rajya Sabha

May 25, 2016 04:41 am | Updated September 12, 2016 09:09 pm IST - Patna

The Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal is likely to name Rabri Devi and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha, and is planning to send Heena Sahab, wife of jailed party leader and four-time MP from Siwan Mohammad Shahabuddin, to the State Council, party sources said on Tuesday.

Elections will be held for seven Council and five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar on June 10 and 11 respectively.

Given its strength in the 243-member Assembly, the RJD, with 80 MLAs, will easily get two Rajya Sabha seats and two Council seats.

Though Misa Bharti, elder daughter of Mr. Prasad, and Dr. Ejaz Ali, another RJD leader, are also keen on making it to the Rajya Sabha, party insiders say their chances appeared to be “bleak.”

Party leaders said that since Mr. Jethmalani had been fighting the fodder scam cases in court for Mr. Prasad, “he was a natural choice for the Rajya Sabha.”

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