Tarun Vijay is the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand. His term ends in July. If the Congress government in the state had managed to save itself, the seat might have gone to the party. But nine Assembly members of the Congress led by Vijay Bahuguna rebelled, leading to the imposition of President's rule in the state. Such a circumstance means that for any Congress member, who was hoping to get elected from the state, the seat is no longer a possibility. If, as the BJP has planned, elections are held soon and its government is installed in state capital Dehradun, the party will get another seat in the Upper House of Parliament.
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