P Chidambaram fielded from Maharashtra for Rajya Sabha

Others nominated in the polls include Oscar Fernandes from Karnataka, Congress general secretary Ambika Soni from Punjab, Chaya Verma from Chhattisgarh, Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh and Pradeep Tamta from Uttarakhand. The decision was taken by party president Sonia Gandhi. 

Seventy-year-old Chidambaram did not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and his son Karti had unsuccessfully fought from his native Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu. 

One nomination from Karnataka has been left to the party general secretary and PCC chief and CLP leader to decide.

The entry of Chidambaram and Sibal and renomination of Ramesh would strengthen the party’s attack on the government in the Upper House, where the NDA is weak. 

Former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as also former party MP Bhalchandra Mungekar were among a large number of party leaders lobbying for the lone seat from Maharashtra.