Rajya Sabha polls: BJP wins UP, Himachal Pradesh; Congress majority in Karnataka

Rajya Sabha polls: BJP wins UP, Himachal Pradesh; Congress majority in Karnataka

The elections for 15 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday was marked by high drama, with rampant cross-voting and legislators switching allegiances. As counting of votes for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka concluded, Congress won three seats with Ajay Maken, Nasser Hussain, and GC Chandrashekar emerging victorious. On …

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Rajya Sabha polls: Setback for BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka; one BJP MLA cross-votes, another abstains | Political Pulse News

Rajya Sabha polls: Setback for BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka; one BJP MLA cross-votes, another abstains | Political Pulse News

The BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka suffered yet another jolt in the Rajya Sabha election as saffron party MLA and former minister S T Somashekar voted in favour of the Congress candidates on Tuesday. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Shivaram Hebbar, also a former minister, abstained from voting, embarrassing the party leadership in …

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