Cross voting in Odisha, Congress MLAs abstained in Bihar .... Net result -- And the winner is Team Modi-Shah

 On Rajya Sabha elections and voting, Biju  Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra said: 

“Today in the Rajya Sabha election, there were two candidates for the fourth seat… I think BJP has done horse-trading here and influenced people in the wrong way. 

They have refuted the process of democracy… All the 8 BJD MLAs have cross voted. I believe that our Party President Naveen Patnaik would take this matter seriously. We will take action against those cross voters.”

‘4 Missing MLAs’ have done the damage for Opposition in Bihar   

The opposition (RJD, Congress, Left) had a total combined strength of 35 legislators initially but was looking to secure six additional votes from other parties to reach the 41-vote threshold for their candidate, Amarendra Dhari Singh.

According to the formula for Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar, each candidate would have needed at least 41 votes to win, had all 243 MLAs turned up to take part in polling. 

The BJP has 89 MLAs in the 243-strong Bihar Assembly. The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal United (JDU) has 85 members.