The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday questioned Congress leader Gaurav Pandya, who unsuccessfully contested the Rajya Sabha election against External Affairs minister S Jaishankar, on why he has filed two separate petitions challenging the Rajya Sabha poll victory of BJP's Jaishankar and Jugalji Thakor.
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By-elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats vacated by BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani post their Lok Sabha victory was held on July 5 in which Jaishankar and Thakor emerged as winners against Congress's Pandya and Chandrika Chudasama. Thereafter, Pandya moved the High Court challenging the victory on the ground that the Election Commission should not have held separate elections for the two seats in contravention of the constitutional norm of 'proportional representation by a single transferable vote for Rajya Sabha elections'.