Rajya Sabha polls in Goa, Gujarat, Bengal rescheduled: EC

New Delhi May 22 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday said the Rajya Sabha elections to be held in Goa Gujarat and West Bengal on June 8 will be rescheduled but did not give a date.

An Election Commission statement on Monday said its earlier announcement of biennial elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from these states on June 8 has since been withdrawn and that a new schedule will be announced in due course.

Rajya Sabha members whose terms are coming to an end in July and August this year include Shantaram Naik from Goa; Ahmed Patel and Smriti Irani from Gujarat; and Sitaram Yechury Derek O Brien and Sukhendu Shekhar Roy from West Bengal.

Naik s term ends on July 28 while the terms of other members from Gujarat and West Bengal end on August 18.

--IANS
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