MUMBAI: Media Mogul and the chairman of Essel group Dr. Subhash Chandra Goel has filed nomination for the second Rajya Sabha seat that fell vacant from his home state Haryana, as an independent candidate. Along with him is lawyer R K Anand.

The biennial elections to the upper house are scheduled to be held on June 11 and 31 May was the last date for filing nomination. While Chandra claimed to have garnered support from the ruling BJP and some MLAs cutting across party lines, main opposition Indian National Lok Dal threw its weight behind Anand, who has fought the Lok Sabha election in the past as an INLD candidate. However, Anand at present is not a member of INLD, as per a party leader quoted by Zee News.