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4 min read Last Updated : Jul 01 2019 | 2:57 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance is inching closer to the majority mark of 123 in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. It is set to be just half a dozen seats short of that mark by the middle of this month.

The majority mark, at least on paper, would elude it for another year but recent defections of four Telugu Desam Party and one Indian National Lok Dal members to the BJP indicates it could, if it so wishes, get to the mark sooner. "It could achieve it tomorrow," said Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien.

The BJP, however, is keener on increasing its own numbers rather than only looking at NDA numbers. The recent defections, the understanding with the Biju Janata Dal to support a BJP candidate from Odisha for the Rajya Sabha and two separate elections to two seats that have fallen vacant from Gujarat will all help the BJP increase its own tally.