Upset BJD, Angry BRS, Divorced AIADMK: How Will Modi 3.0 Manage in Rajya Sabha?
News 18Modi 3.0 is not the same as Modi 2.0 — short of a simple majority in the Lok Sabha, a far cry from its 2019 tally of 303. But a bruised Naveen Patnaik, who lost power in Odisha, has clearly instructed BJD’s Rajya Sabha MPs to side with the larger opposition; chances are that Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP may follow suit after being defeated in Andhra Pradesh by the National Democratic Alliance. While the BJP’s Lok Sabha numbers have dropped from 303 to 240 and the Congress’s tally jumped from 52 to 99 seats, the Rajya Sabha remains unaffected by that as its strength is decided by respective parties’ strength in state assemblies. WHY ‘FRIENDLY PARTIES’ WON’T SIDE WITH BJP While it was always understood that the BJP would fight friendlier opposition parties in the states, this time, it ended up demolishing the house of Naveen Patnaik, bringing down the decades-old BJD government in Odisha. Jagan Mohan Reddy aide Vijay Sai Reddy, who would continue to be YSRCP leader in Rajya Sabha, shares a working relationship with the government.
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