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Mumbai, Sep 20 (PTI) The Congress on Monday declared the candidature of senior party leader Rajni Patil for the next month"s Rajya Sabha byelection which was necessitated due to the death of the sitting MP Rajiv Satav.
Patil is the candidate of the Shiv Sena-headed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of which Congress is a constituent, the party said in a release.
BJP has announced the name of Sanjay Upadhyay, general secretary of the party"s Mumbai unit, for the October 4 contest, a party spokesman said on Monday.
Satav died on May 16 this year.
His term will end on April 2, 2026.
The last date for filing nomination papers for the bypoll is September 22.