Brinda vs Yechury in RS toss-up

The CPI(M)’s beleaguered boss, Prakash Karat, is trying hard to get his wife Brinda renominated to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. This is no longer an easy task: the once-dominant Left Front has just 62 members in the new West Bengal Assembly, and so it can elect only one Rajya Sabha MP from the state. Four Left MPs, including Ms Karat, will see their terms in the Upper House expire in August this year. 

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