Overview
- Congress will contest 28 Tamil Nadu assembly seats and receive one Rajya Sabha berth under a deal formally closed with the DMK.
- DMK has also allotted a Rajya Sabha seat to ally DMDK, with the party to announce its nominee before the filing window shuts.
- BJP named nine candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls across six states, including Nitin Nabin and Shivesh Kumar from Bihar.
- Multiple reports say JD(U) is weighing Nitish Kumar’s move to the Rajya Sabha with a decision expected by the nomination deadline, though some BJP leaders publicly dismissed the talk.
- JD(U) ministers signalled that Nishant Kumar will enter active politics soon, while Kerala’s CPI dropped six three‑term MLAs as part of its rotation policy.