New Delhi sources reported that the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections will in all likelihood increase the existing strength of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even while the Congress would witness further erosion. Meanwhile it reflects the changing political equations in the country with the ascendancy of the BJP as the new pole of Indian politics. Further the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will still fall short of the majority in the 245-member Upper House.
Meanwhile the envelope calculations revealed that the BJP’s strength in the Rajya Sabha is likely to grow by 12 seats to 70 members of Parliament (MPs). Accordingly out of the 59 Rajya Sabha seats which are vacant, representatives from 33 seats have been elected unopposed, including 16 from the BJP and five from the Congress. Reports stated that the polling and counting for the rest of the 26 seats across seven states will take place on Friday.
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Furthermore the members of the BJP said the majority of the seats for the
party are coming from the states which the party had won in the last four years
of NDA rule under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Accordingly
these states include Uttar Pradesh, where the party expects to win at least
eight out of the 10 seats going to polls.
