New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will strengthen its position in the Rajya Sabha with the addition of four more members later this week.
This will be following the inclusion of four Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) member.
With this, the NDA will have 115 MPs with a clear sight at the halfway mark of 121 in the House of 241 (actual strength 245).
These members are from Bihar, Gujarat and Odisha. In Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will get the slot. Two seats will be added to the BJP’s tally in Gujarat and one in Odisha out of three.
The BJP is the single largest party in the Upper House with 75 members. The Congress is the largest opposition with 48 members and Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress are the largest non-Congress-non-BJP party with 13 each. There will be five vacancies from Tamil Nadu on July 24. These are D Raja of CPI, and AIADMK’s KR Arjunan, R Lakshmanan, V Maitreyan and T Rathinavel. (IANS)
