Polls to 57 RS seats on June 10; 2 in TS
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad/New Delhi: Elections will be held on June 10 for 57 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states, include two from Telangana. While the TRS is seen to win both the seats, the Akali Dal will lose its presence in the Upper House and the BJP's tally will remain below 100 after touching the milestone recently. Prominent among those retiring between June 21 and August 1 are Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Congress leaders Ambika Soni, Jairam Ramesh and Kapil Sibal, and BSP's Satish Chandra Misra. Five BJP MPs are among the 11 retiring Rajya Sabha members from UP, and the party along with its allies is in a position to win eight seats, while the Opposition Samajwadi Party may retain its tally of three. The Akali Dal's lone member from Punjab Balwinder Singh Bhunder and Congress' Ambika Soni are likely to make way for members from the Aam Aadmi Party.