Schedule for Rajya Sabha election announced

Chandigarh , Mar 10 (UNI) The Haryana Chief Electoral Officer today announced the schedule for the biennial election to fill a seat in the Rajya Sabha.

The seat would fall vacant on the retirement of Mr Faqir Chand, a sitting member of the Rajya Sabha, from Haryana.

Returning Officer Sumit Kumar said that nominations could be filed upto 1500 hours on March 17 which would be the last date for nominations. Nomination papers would be scrutinised on March 18 and last date for withdrawal of candidature would be March 20.

Polling if necessary, would be held on March 28 between 0900 hours and 1500 in the old committee room of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha secretariat here.

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