The Janata Dal (United) joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has come as a shot in the arm for the Narendra Modi government in the Rajya Sabha. The government was short of the 123-member halfway mark in the Upper House. But it can now look forward to easier days in the Rajya Sabha with Communist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury not being allowed by his party to contest and Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) quitting the Opposition ranks. Now, the NDA is at the halfway mark and would inch closer to the majority mark by
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JD(U) factor in RS: Nitish Kumar's Bihar move a shot in the arm for Modi
The Upper House numbers have become more favourable for the NDA
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Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan (2nd from right) and party leaders Chirag Paswan (left) and Pashupati Kumar Paras (right) greets Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his residence in Patna on Sunday. Photo: PTI
