rajya sabha: BJP first party since 1990 to touch 100-seat mark in Rajya Sabha

For the primary time in its historical past, the BJP has achieved the feat of getting 100 members in Rajya Sabha after the occasion received one seat every in Assam, Tripura and Nagaland within the elections held on Thursday. Within the not too long ago held biennial polls for 13 Rajya Sabha seats throughout six states, the BJP misplaced its solitary seat from Punjab however gained one every from the three northeastern states and Himachal Pradesh the place all 5 outgoing members have been from opposition events.

In Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Celebration received all 5 seats.

Whereas the Rajya Sabha web site is but to inform the brand new tally, the BJP’s numbers will attain 100 if the three seats it has gained within the newest spherical of elections are added to the present 97.

The BJP’s tally, regardless of manner in need of majority within the 245-member Home, highlights its steady rise since Prime Minister Narendra Modi led it to its majority in Lok Sabha within the 2014 polls. The BJP’s power in Rajya Sabha was 55 in 2014 and has since steadily inched up because the occasion received energy in quite a lot of states.

The final time a celebration had 100 or extra seats within the Higher Home was in 1990 when the then ruling Congress had 108 members earlier than its regular decline after its numbers fell to 99 within the 1990 biennial polls and continued to say no as a stream of states fell out of its rule and coalition era started and continued until 2014.

Nevertheless, the saffron occasion’s maintain of the landmark could also be tenuous as polls to round 52 extra seats will likely be held quickly, and it’s anticipated to endure reverses in states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand.

Whether or not the BJP’s anticipated positive aspects from Uttar Pradesh, the place it might win no less than eight of the 11 anticipated vacancies, will make for the loss stays to be seen. Out of the 11 retiring Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh, 5 are from the BJP.