The congress suffered a major upset in himachal pradesh at the hands of the bjp in the rajya sabha polls which were marred by cross-voting in all the 3 states though it won 3 seats in karnataka while in uttar pradesh bjp won 8 seats and samajwadi party 2 seats. samajwadi party candidate alok ranjan conceded defeat in the rajya sabha election in uttar pradesh. in karnataka, ajay maken, g c chandrasekhar and syed naseer hussain, all from the congress, and narayansa k bhandage (bjp) got elected to the upper ho
Karnataka’s ruling Congress managed to win three seats and the BJP one in the elections held for four Rajya Sabha seats from the state today. The NDA candidate from JD-S was defeated. Meanwhile, BJP’s Harsh Mahajan, a Congress rebel who was once known for his proximity to Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, got elected to the Rajya Sabha today by defeating Congress nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi amid reports of cross-voting by at least six ruling party legislators in the hill state.