Hyderabad, Feb. 13 -- Senior Congress leaders, who missed the assembly tickets or have no chance of getting Lok Sabha tickets, are vying for Rajya Sabha nominations.

Congress will get two Rajya Sabha seats based on their strength but the aspirants are many.Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao, who has applied for a Khammam Lok Sabha ticket, is alternatively yearning for another Rajya Sabha term. VHR had served as Rajya Sabha MP for four terms.Seventy-five-year-old Hanumantha Rao met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in the assembly the other day to seek a ticket.

"The choice is left to the Congress High Command," he quipped when asked if he too was yearning for a Rajya Sabha ticket.

Among those in the race include Renuka Chowdhary, Bal...