Saffron party given Rajya Sabha seats to its leaders more than twice!?

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Perhaps the terms of 60 rajya sabha MPs, including bjp president jp nadda and nine sitting Union Ministers, will come to an end by april this year. In all, 69 MPs will be retiring this year from the Upper house, including four nominated MPs whose terms end in July. Among these, the bulk of MPs whose terms will end around the lok sabha elections are from the ruling BJP. bjp president jp nadda has been a member of the Upper house since 2012 from the state of Himachal Pradesh. This seat, however, in its next term will go to the congress party after its win in the state assembly polls last year.

Meanwhile the Union ministers in the narendra modi cabinet whose rajya sabha terms end this year are Bhupendra Yadav, Mansukh Mandaviya, Purushotham Rupala, dharmendra Pradhan, ashwini Vaishnaw and Narayan Rane. Ministers of State set to retire from their current term include rajeev Chandrashekar, v muraleedharan and Dr L Murugan. Mandaviya, Rupala, Pradhan and bhupender yadav are two-time MPs in the raja Sabha. Five MPs, including two from jharkhand and three from Kerala, will see their terms end in May and June, respectively. elections to all these rajya sabha seats will take place for a full period of six years.

Moreover for the passage of any crucial bill, the numbers in the rajya sabha, which is often called the ‘House of Elders’, become extremely critical for any political party. So far, the bjp, which has been in power since 2014, has been able to get its way I the Upper house with the support from parties perceived to be fence-sitters. Whether it is the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) or the ysr congress, regional parties have bailed out the bjp in critical situations, including during the passage of legislations abrogating of Article 370, the citizenship amendment act and the Women’s Reservation Bill.

Compared to other parties, only on rare occasions has the saffron party given rajya sabha seats to its leaders more than twice. Some of the exceptions have been venkaiah naidu, arun jaitley and ravi shankar Prasad. However, Prasad, who was in the rajya sabha from 2000 till 2019, won the lok sabha elections in 2019 from Patna. It will be interesting to note if the party decides to make any more exceptions for leaders this time around, specifically when it comes to Union Ministers.

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