Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He defeated BJP backed independent candidate Preeti Mahapatra..Sibal had returned to active law practice in 2014 after he lost in the Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk constituency of Delhi..Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha has also won from Madhya Pradesh..Senior Advocates Arun Jaitley, Ram Jethmalani, KTS Tulsi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and P Chidambaram are some prominent lawyers who are already serving as Rajya Sabha MPs.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He defeated BJP backed independent candidate Preeti Mahapatra..Sibal had returned to active law practice in 2014 after he lost in the Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk constituency of Delhi..Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha has also won from Madhya Pradesh..Senior Advocates Arun Jaitley, Ram Jethmalani, KTS Tulsi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and P Chidambaram are some prominent lawyers who are already serving as Rajya Sabha MPs.