The BJP will have to try hard to win three more Rajya Sabha seats apart from the seven guaranteed ones. As of now, there’s likely to be a close contest in one seat of Haryana and two in Maharashtra.
With the BJP and the NDA’s tally falling short of the majority mark, what this means is that now the government has to depend upon the support from non-NDA parties, like its former ally in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, in Andhra Pradesh, former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress and in Odisha—the BJD.
Elections to 12 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in nine states will be held on September 3, and the Upper House’s strength will be 237 after the results. As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to win 7 seats, the total tally of NDA will become 109.
Though the NDA will still be short of the majority mark, the support of six nominated members and two independents will bring its tally to 117 — just two short of the majority (119
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