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Vol. 5 Num 31 Sun. June 27, 2004  
   
International


Jaya Bachchan, Anil Ambani elected to Rajya Sabha


All eleven candidates in the fray, including Anil Ambani, Jaya Bachchan and Lalit Suri, were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in the biennial elections yesterday.

The others who were elected unopposed were former Union ministers Arun Shourie and Murli Manohar Joshi (both BJP), BSP leader Mayawati, Satish C Mishra (BSP), Bhagwati Singh and Ram Narayan Sahu, Nand Kishore and Kamal Akhtar (all SP).

While Ambani stood as an Independent candidate supported by SP, Suri contested as an Independent supported by BJP. Bachchan stood as an SP candidate.