Yesterday, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu announced the suspension of eight opposition MPs for a week namely Derek O Brien, Sanjay Singh, Raju Satav, KK Ragesh, Ripun Bora, Dola Sen, Syed Nazir Hussain and Elamaran Karim.
PDP’s lone Lok Sabha member Muzaffar Hussain Baig had last month abstained from voting on the no-confidence motion moved by TDP against the Narendera Modi-led NDA government
The BJD has nine MPs in the RS. Though it was already known that BJD would align with the NDA, a formal announcement was awaited.
Several opposition parties, who have joined hands against the BJP, decided to field a joint candidate to take on NDA nominee Harivansh Narayan Singh.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) with its nine MPs is likely to support NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh of JD(U)…
Vandana Chavan, who has been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, is a second-time Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra.
