AIADMK, CPI(M) nominees file papers for Rajya Sabha polls

CHENNAI: Four AIADMK nominees and CPI(M)'s TK Rangarajan filed their nomination papers for the February 7 Rajya Sabha elections.

AIADMK's L Sasikala Pushpa, Vijila Sathyanand, AK Selvaraj and S Muthukaruppan besides Rangarajan filed their nomination papers in the presence of AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the state secretariat here.

Biennial elections are being held for six Rajya Sabha seats in the state, as the terms of six members-- AA Jinnah and Vasanthi Stanley (both DMK), GK Vasan and Jayanthi Natarajan (both Congress), N Balaganga (AIADMK) and that of Rangarajan end by April 2.

Rangarajan has been renominated for a successive term by the party while DMK's Tiruchi N Siva has already filed his papers.