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Congress nominee for the Rajya Sabha byelection from Tamil Nadu Praveen Chakravarty filed his information earlier Returning Officer P. Thenmozhi at the Secretariat successful Chennai connected Friday (June 5, 2026).
Mr. Chakravarty was accompanied by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, immoderate Ministers, and erstwhile Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. His candidature was projected by Mr. Vijay, Ministers N. Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, S. Keerthana, Vanni Arasu, A.M. Shahjahan, S. Rajesh Kumar, and P. Viswanathan, besides MLAs Tharahai Cuthbert and Y.N. Jamal Mohammed Younoos.
Mr. Chakravarty thanked Mr. Vijay, Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for giving him the accidental to contest.
He said helium would bespeak the sentiments of the radical of Tamil Nadu successful the Rajya Sabha and instrumentality up issues concerning the State. Apart from Mr. Chakravarty, 4 independents — K. Padmarajan, Agni Aalwar, P. Jayakumar, and Tamilselvan Selvamani — person filed their nominations arsenic of Friday.
