<p>With the Congress withdrawing from the fray apparently under pressure from Mamata Banerjee, all the four Trinamool Congress candidates, including Railway Minister Mukul Roy, besides a lone CPI(M) aspirant were declared elected uncontested to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The candidates declared elected uncontested were Mukul Roy, besides three journalists Kunal Ghosh, Nadimul Haq and Vivek Gupta and the CPI(M)'s Tapan Sen, Assembly Secretary Jadavlal Chakraborty told PTI.<br /><br />Both Mukul Roy and CPI(M)'s Tapan Sen were re-elected to the upper house from the state.<br />Senior Congress leader Abdul Mannan was earlier asked by the AICC high command to withdraw his candidature and he did so during the day, the last day of withdrawal.<br /><br />The Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had reportedly expressed displeasure at the filing of nomination by the Congress.<br /><br />Five Rajya Sabha seats had fallen vacant from the state. There are 16 Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal.</p>
<p>With the Congress withdrawing from the fray apparently under pressure from Mamata Banerjee, all the four Trinamool Congress candidates, including Railway Minister Mukul Roy, besides a lone CPI(M) aspirant were declared elected uncontested to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The candidates declared elected uncontested were Mukul Roy, besides three journalists Kunal Ghosh, Nadimul Haq and Vivek Gupta and the CPI(M)'s Tapan Sen, Assembly Secretary Jadavlal Chakraborty told PTI.<br /><br />Both Mukul Roy and CPI(M)'s Tapan Sen were re-elected to the upper house from the state.<br />Senior Congress leader Abdul Mannan was earlier asked by the AICC high command to withdraw his candidature and he did so during the day, the last day of withdrawal.<br /><br />The Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had reportedly expressed displeasure at the filing of nomination by the Congress.<br /><br />Five Rajya Sabha seats had fallen vacant from the state. There are 16 Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal.</p>