Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge was elected unanimously to the Rajya Sabha as the senior leader sought re-election to Parliament's Upper House. Debutant Pawan Khera and Mansoor Ali Khan also made it to the Rajya Sabha as Congress MPs after elections were announced to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka.
The terms of current members – Iranna Kadadi and Narayana Koragappa (both from the BJP), Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress, and former PM HD Deve Gowda from JD(S)-end on June 25.
Chief minister DK Shivakumar congratulated Kharge, Khera, and Khan on being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
