As expected, all three Rajya Sabha candidates will be elected unopposedto the Upper House of Parliament as per the current seat tally in the126-member Assam legislative assembly.

The scrutiny of nomination papers (for Assam) will be done on Monday andthe deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is March 18.

The two candidates backed by the ruling BJP and one unitedly by theopposition are all set to be elected to the Upper House unopposed. The trio hasbeen elected unopposed as no one filed nomination for the third seat againstthe opposition candidate.

BJP and its allies BPF and AGP have nominated former Rajya Sabha MPBhubaneswar Kalita and sitting member of the Upper House Biswajit Daimary,whereas, opposition Congress and AIUDF have nominated eminent Journalist AjitBhuyan.