The surgery to undone the damage done by the accident-Modi was a success, but we lost 3 patients in the process
@Rain Man @magudi
As I said before the election, Nitish will be at the mercy of Lalu.
Now there is no way Arun Shourie can get a ticket from the JDU.
JD(U) may lose three Rajya Sabha seats - The Economic Times
PATNA: Notwithstanding his huge electoral triumph in Bihar, chief minister
Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is in a bind over who to pick for the five Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in July 2016. More, from the five seats the JD(U) currently has in the Upper House, its share will be down to two seats, and that too if the Congress and RJD support it.
Its five retiring RS members are Sharad Yadav, KC Tyagi, RCP Singh, Pavan Varma and Gulam Rasool Balyawi. JD(U) sources said apart from the five contenders for the two seats, there is talk that the party may accommodate Prashant Kishor, Nitish's strategist in the assembly polls, in the Rajya Sabha.
While Sharad is JD(U) president, RCP Singh is a former bureaucrat close to Nitish. At the same time, Tyagi and Varma are considered the party's face in New Delhi.
A senior JD(U) official said the party's strength in the Upper House will possibly reduce from 12 to nine after July while Lalu Prasad's RJD will increase to three from its current one seat in the Rajya Sabha. "
A candidate will need at least 41 votes to win a Rajya Sabha seat," said a source. "Since the RJD has 80 seats, it won't face much problem in getting support of two MLAs from other parties. JD(U) will fall short of 11 votes. Hence, Congress's support will be vital for the party," the source added.
The party is hoping, the source said, that the Congress would not bargain for any seat as it has just 27 MLAs and needs 14 more votes to win a seat. A senior RJD legislator said if the Congress and RJD reach a pact, JD(U) could be restricted to just one seat.
"If RJD supports a Congress candidate, the grand old party can win a seat with the help of second preference votes. Since Nitish and Lalu are enjoying bonhomie, we don't foresee such a possibility at the moment," RJD law-maker said.
Although
the BJP was crushed in the assembly elections, it will be able to ensure victory of at least one candidate as it has 53 MLAs.
Thus, the total count of BJP members in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar will go up to five from four. When BJP and JD(U) were partners, Nitish had always prevailed on its ally and got an additional seat in the Rajya Sabha. That's the reason why JD(U) has 12 and BJP just four out of the 16 seats from Bihar.
JD(U) spokesman Sanjay Singh said this is a sensitive matter and top functionaries will take a call at an appropriate time.
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JD(U) may lose three Rajya Sabha seats - The Economic Times