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Tight race likely in Assam, seat-sharing suspense in TN as EC announces polls for 8 Rajya Sabha seats | Political Pulse News

Tight race likely in Assam, seat-sharing suspense in TN as EC announces polls for 8 Rajya Sabha seats | Political Pulse News

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The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced June 19 as the polling date for the eight Rajya Sabha seats – two in Assam and six in Tamil Nadu – which will fall vacant over the next two months. Both the ruling NDA as well as the Opposition do not have the numbers to win both the seats in Assam. While in Tamil Nadu, constituents of both the DMK-led ruling alliance as well as the NDA are in the dark over seat distribution. In Assam, two seats will fall vacant as the terms of Birendra Prasad Baishya of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) – an NDA ally – and the BJP’s Mission Ranjan Das will end on June 14. Story continues below this ad In the 126-member Assam Assembly, each Rajya Sabha candidate would require 42 votes to win the poll. The ruling NDA with 80 MLAs (BJP: 64, AGP: 9 and UPPL: 7) has the numbers to comfortably win one seat, but is likely to fall short by four votes in the second seat. The …

Bypoll to six Assembly seats in Himachal: Congress names 3, sets stage for battle of turncoats in 2 seats | Chandigarh News

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The stage is set for a battle of turncoats in at least two of the six Assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where bypolls are scheduled for June 1 with Congress Friday announcing names of three candidates, including two who switched over to the party from the BJP in the recent past. As per a list released late in the evening, Congress has fielded Rakesh Kalia from Gagret, Capt Ranjeet Singh Rana from Sujanpur and party general secretary Vivek Sharma from Kutlehar Assembly constituencies. Kalia and Rana recently joined the Congress after rebelling against the BJP, which has fielded six former Congress legislators from their respective Assembly seats. The seats had fallen vacant after Vidhan Sabha Speaker disqualified the then six Congress legislators for defying party whip to vote in favour of the budget and the cut motion in the House. All six had earlier rebelled against the Congress and voted in favour of BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan in the Rajya Sabha polls, sparking a political crisis in the ruling party. Rakesh Kalia will take on …

Four SP MLAs Who Cross-voted for BJP in Rajya Sabha Polls Get Y-category Security

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Last Updated: March 24, 2024, 15:15 IST As part of the Y-category security, eight CRPF personnel will guard these MLAs (Representative image/News18) The four MLAs who got Y-category security are Abhay Singh (Gosaiganj), Manoj Kumar Pandey (Unchahar), Rakesh Pratap Singh (Gauriganj) and Vinod Chaturvedi (Kalpi) Four Samajwadi Party MLAs who cross-voted for the BJP in the February 27 Rajya Sabha elections have been allocated Y-category security, a senior government official said on Sunday. He added that the four MLAs who got Y-category security are Abhay Singh (Gosaiganj), Manoj Kumar Pandey (Unchahar), Rakesh Pratap Singh (Gauriganj) and Vinod Chaturvedi (Kalpi), respectively. These four MLAs, alongside three other party legislators — Pooja Pal, Rakesh Pandey and Ashutosh Maurya — had cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections, leading to saffron party candidate Sanjay Seth defeating Samajwadi Party nominee Alok Ranjan. Maharaji Prajapati, another MLA, had abstained. Rakesh Pandey is the father of MP Ritesh Pandey, who recently switched from the BSP to the BJP. As part of the Y-category security, eight CRPF personnel will guard …

History Headline: 60 years ago, when a Rajya Sabha election was declared void

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Last month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) held polls to fill 56 Rajya Sabha seats from 14 states. Without the vibrancy of a direct election, Rajya Sabha polls are usually lacklustre affairs. There are no big political rallies or a large electorate that candidates need to reach out to. The voters in these elections are Members of State Legislative Assemblies (MLAs). More often than not, there is no contest and MLAs don’t even have to cast their vote to elect a Rajya Sabha member. In the latest round of elections, for instance, there was no contest on 41 seats. For the 15 seats that did go to polls, the candidates campaigned over lunch, dinners and intimate one-on-one interactions. And like every two years, Rajya Sabha elections make news when a political personality/ party loses what numerically appears to be a winnable election. This time, Congress candidate in Himachal Pradesh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Alok Ranjan, the Samajwadi Party candidate who was the former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, lost the polls. The loss was …

Rajya Sabha elections: After BJP’s wins, what is the party-wise composition of the Upper House? | India News

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After the February 27 election to fifteen seats of Rajya Sabha, spanning Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) tally in the Upper House is up to 97 seats — taking the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) closer to the majority mark. Amid allegations of cross-voting, the saffron party grabbed eight out of the ten seats in UP and the lone seat in Himachal Pradesh. In Karnataka, the Congress won three out of the four seats, while the BJP grabbed one. Meanwhile, as many as 41 candidates were declared winners unopposed last week. The biennial elections for the total 56 Rajya Sabha seats were necessitated as 50 members will finish their term on April 2, and six will retire on April 3. After the wins on 27 February, this the party-wise composition of the Upper House: With the NDA up to 117 members, they need four more members to make up the majority in the Upper House. The majority mark in the 245-member Rajya Sabha is 123. However, five seats are vacant …

Day After Rajya Sabha Stunner, BJP Seeks Trust Vote In Himachal Pradesh

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Rajya Sabha Hmachal Pradesh Polls: The BJP’s win was the result of cross-voting by Congress MLAs New Delhi: The Leader of the Opposition and other BJP MLAs this morning met Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, seeking a test of strength for the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government in the state Assembly. This comes a day after the BJP managed to pull off a victory for its candidate in the lone Rajya Sabha seat. The BJP’s win was the result of cross-voting by Congress MLAs and a draw of lots that went in its favour. “We have pulled off a victory when our chances seemed very low BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan won the Rajya Sabha elections. Currently, the Congress government has lost the moral right to stay in power,” Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur said after meeting the Governor. Mr Thakur – who was also the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister until 2022, when the BJP lost to the Congress – yesterday demanded a division of votes for passing the state Budget instead of a voice …

Tight Race In UP Amid Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Election

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Rajya Sabha Election: The BJP is said to be banking on surplus votes from Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal. New Delhi: Congress and Samajwadi Party MLAs have cross-voted in droves during the Rajya Sabha polls, bringing the INDIA bloc under huge pressure ahead of the general election. The beneficiary is the BJP, which stands to gain two extra seats in the Upper House. Here are 10 points on this big story: In Himachal Pradesh – where the Congress won 40 of 68 assembly seats in 2022 and thought it had the support of three independent lawmakers — its candidate, Abhishek Singhvi, is on the verge of a shock defeat. The BJP has only 25 MLAs in the hill state, but has benefitted from cross-voting by six Congress leaders and all three Independents. The BJP won the contest it forced in Himachal by fielding ex-Congress MLA Harsh Mahajan. A defeat is seen as a huge dent to the prestige of for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu.Mr Sukhu has accused the BJP of halting the counting and threatening …

6 Congress MLAs From Himachal Taken To Haryana, Alleges Chief Minister

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Hours after the BJP claimed that the ruling party has lost majority in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has alleged that five or six Congress MLAs were taken to Haryana accompanied by a convoy of the state’s police and the Central Reserve Police Force. Mr Sukhu’s claim comes amid reports of six Congress MLAs cross-voting for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls on Tuesday.  BJP sources have hinted that the party will move a no-confidence motion against the Sukhu government on Thursday after there were indications that six Congress MLAs and three independents backing the party had voted for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha election. The Congress, which has 40 MLAs in the 68-member Himachal Assembly, was expected to secure a comfortable win for its candidate, Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Moving the Congress MLAs to Haryana, a BJP-ruled state, is believed to be part of the party’s preparation for the no-confidence vote. The BJP has 25 MLAs. “Counting for the Rajya Sabha polls is taking place and the way the BJP …