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NDA gains a crucial ground in the upper house after winning majority of the seats in the Rajya Sabha elections
Now the BJP alone has 86 seats in Rajya Sabha after the elections while the Congress has 41 seats, NDA number has reached 101
Border dispute becomes official: Nepal president approves new map bill passed by parliament, claiming Indian territories as theirs
All the 57 members of the upper house had voted in favor of the bill.
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as a nominated Rajya Sabha MP amid sloganeering by opposition MPs
Congress and other opposition MPs shouted 'shame-shame' while Ranjan Gogoi was taking oath, and later walked out of the house
After facing setback on key bills, Jagan Mohan Reddy hints at abolishing Andhra Legislative Council
The upper House of a state can only be abolished if the Lower House passes a resolution by a special majority, which means resolution should be passed to that effect by the majority in the assembly with not less than two-thirds of members present and voting.