Thiruvananthapuram,Tuesday, March 16, 2010: K N Balagopal and T N Seema, LDF candidates filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections today. They filed the papers before Kerala legislative secretary P D Rajan in the assembly complex. Balagopal and Seema are both members of the CPI (M) state committee.

Balagopal is at present political secretary to Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. Seema had given up her teaching career to become a full time politician. She was a member of the team of leaders who were part of the Nava Kerala Yatra’ led by CPI (M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan. Defence minister A K Antony had filed his papers for the Rajya Sabha seat yesterday.