BJP's Gujarat performance to affect its Rajya Sabha prospects in April

The term of four Rajya Sabha members of the saffron party from Gujarat will end in April. Congress will claim two berths after winning 77 seats in Gujarat polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday retained power in Gujarat for the sixth consecutive time after securing a simple majority by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly.

As opposition Congress led by Rahul Gandhi followed closely behind with 77 seats in the bitterly-fought election, the party is now in a comfortable position to get two MPs into the Upper House when biennial elections are held in April, 2018.

It will leave BJP only two instead of four seats falling vacant as the term of four Rajya Sabha members of the saffron party from Gujarat will end in April. 

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