CHENNAI: The Congress party on Thursday (June 4) nominated senior leader Praveen Chakravarty as its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu .

The vacancy arose following the resignation of former AIADMK MP C Ve Shanmugam. The seat was allocated to the Congress by the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, as part of their post-poll alliance .

Chakravarty, who chairs the All India Professionals’ Congress and is considered a close confidant of both CM Vijay and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, is expected to file his nomination on June 5 .

The announcement by the AICC follows a meeting between AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar and the Chief Minister on Wednesday.

The election for the Upper House seat is scheduled for June 18 .