Congress fielded Karamvir Singh Boudh, a retired Haryana government employee, as its Rajya Sabha nominee from Haryana, overlooking senior leaders and veterans. Rahul Gandhi personally recommended Boudh's name, impressed by his participation in the agitation against the state BJP government, following IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's suicide, ThePrint said. Also, Boudh belongs to the Scheduled Caste community.