Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Chidambaram in race for Rajya Sabha polls
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Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Chidambaram in race for Rajya Sabha polls

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Highlights A notification for the election is to be issued this week Kapil Sibal is one of the most vocal voices in the G-23 group Anand Sharma and P Chidambaram are hoping to get a renomination The Congress is likely to decide on the candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls slated next month as the notification of the election is to be issued this week. The Congress can win eight seats on its own, but the fate of a few senior leaders is unclear -- Kapil Sibal, one of the most vocal voices in the G-23 group, Anand Sharma and P Chidambaram, who are hoping to get a renomination. Sources say Sibal may get the support of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh like the last time. The Karnataka Congress is contemplating to field Priyanka for the Rajya Sabha from the state to boost the party ahead of next year's Assembly elections.

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