Members as numbers: On Rajya Sabha elections

The ruling BJP now has 86 members in the Rajya Sabha after elections to 19 seats throughout numerous States on Friday. This is the highest number for the celebration in the Upper Home, though it is still except the midway mark. Of an overall of 61 jobs, 42 were filled unopposed earlier and of the 19 contests, the BJP won eight while the Congress won 4. Of the 61 outbound members, 17 were from the Congress and 15 from the BJP. With this round of elections, the BJP’s tally increased by 11, from75 The Congress now has41 The Opposition benches will now have veterans such as H.D. Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge (both from Karnataka) Digvijaya Singh (from Madhya Pradesh) and Shibu Soren (from Jharkhand) and