NEW DELHI: With 24 seats in the Rajya Sabha set to go to polls later this month and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) touted to win half of those, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is inching towards the majority mark in Upper House.
In the 245-member Rajya Sabha, BJP is the largest party with 75 members. Its allies--JDU, SAD, Shiv Sena, and RPI-A--take the NDA total to 87.
AIADMK, with 9 members, usually backs the ruling combine. Regional parties like TRS with seven seats, YSRCP two, and BJD nine seats, extend issue-based support to NDA.
There are six independents. BJP leaders have often claimed that the party will claim majority in the House by 2021. "Any increase in the number of MPs in Rajya Sabha is a reflection of the will of