Sadin-Pratidin Group Chairman Jayanta Baruah on Sunday made it clear that he didn't approach anyone to seek Rajya Sabha ticket.

There is speculation that the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) may field Jayanta Baruah as a joint candidate for one of the three Rajya Sabha seats.

Mr. Barua, however, said he was not interested in joining politics or contesting elections.

As the last date of filing nominations inchescloser, ruling and opposition parties are struggling to decide on theirrespective candidates for the upper house polls which are slated to be held onMarch 26.

The names of the CAA critics doing the roundsinclude jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, film-maker Jahnu Barua, actorBarasha Rani Bishoya, journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and Sadin-Pratidin groupChairman Jayanta Baruah.