BJP finally got the upper hand in RS after 6 decades. Sampathiya Uikey, the new MP from Madhya Pradesh, has made history for the BJP by ending the Congress’ 65-year run as the Rajya Sabha’s biggest party.
The BJP now has 58 members, the Congress has 57, though the BJP-led government is still short of a majority in the 245-seat Upper House of Parliament.
The Congress may have remained the largest party till this year end os 2018, but its numbers were depleted by the death this year of two lawmakers.
Uikey was elected unopposed in a by-election for the Rajya Sabha seat held by union minister Anil Madhav Dave,who died in May this year.
A big boost will come next year when the BJP will win eight of nine Uttar Pradesh seats that will be vacated, after sweeping assembly elections in the state this year.
