From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha elections for 13 seats in six states on Thursday threaten to deprive the Congress the status as the main opposition party in the House as its tally drops to all-time low at 30.Mallikarjun Kharge currently enjoys the status of the leader of Opposition, which entitles him to have staff at par with a cabinet minister. He was earlier the Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha to assume that status after the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad.
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha elections for 13 seats in six states on Thursday threaten to deprive the Congress the status as the main opposition party in the House as its tally drops to all-time low at 30.Mallikarjun Kharge currently enjoys the status of the leader of Opposition, which entitles him to have staff at par with a cabinet minister. He was earlier the Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha to assume that status after the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The Congress is losing two seats in Assam and another one in Himachal Pradesh.
The Trinamul Congress of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is now the second opposition party after the Congress, though far below at just 13 berths, followed by DMK’s 10.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which has now 97 seats in the Rajya Sabha, will be gainer in Thursday’s elections, but it would be still short of a clear majority in the House of 250.
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BJP WINS FIVE RAJYA SABHA SEATS IN THIS ROUND
From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party bagged has bagged five Rajya Sabha seats, including election of Tripura BJP President Manik Saha, a dentist, defeating the CPiI-M candidate while the Congress could win just one seat in Kerala and lost three, two in Assam and one in Himachal Pradesh.
The biennial elections were held for 13 seats. Aap won five of them unopposed while the BJP won unopposed one seat each in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. Voting was limited on Thursday for three seats in Kerala, two in Assam and one in Tripura. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) bagged two of the three seats in Kerala.
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