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New Delhi: Voting will be held in 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana and Maharashtra amid allegations and counter allegations of ‘horse-trading’ on each other by rival parties. Amid apprehensions of horse-trading, various parties have kept their MLAs in hotels and resorts, while the Election Commission has appointed special observers and ordered videography of the entire polling. Cricket-like thrill is going to be seen in this time’s Rajya Sabha elections because all the political parties are trying for one vote. There is a big challenge in front of all the parties to preserve the vote of their MLA.
Among the candidates whose electoral fate will be decided in these elections are Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Congress’s Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh and Mukul Wasnik and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. All these leaders are expected to win without any hassle.
Biennial elections were recently announced
Biennial elections were announced for 57 Rajya Sabha seats recently and all 41 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Telangana, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand were elected unopposed last Friday. Was declared.
However, elections will be held for 16 seats in Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Friday, as the number of candidates is more than the seat to be contested. Arch rivals BJP and Congress have kept their MLAs in hotels and resorts in view of fears of horse-trading, so that they are not brought to their side by rival parties.
Voting for six seats in Maharashtra
Voting is to be held for six seats in Maharashtra and various political parties were busy finalizing their strategy on Thursday. After more than two decades, Rajya Sabha elections will be held in Maharashtra as seven candidates are in the fray for six seats.
Allies of the ruling MVA – Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress – have kept their MLAs in various hotels and resorts in Mumbai. Sources in the ruling coalition said that they will leave for the state assembly just before the start of polling.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Congress general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP leader and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnav held talks with leaders of their respective parties in Mumbai to finalize their strategy.
The fate of these giants will be decided
Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde, Dhananjay Mahadik (BJP), Praful Patel (NCP), Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar (Shiv Sena) and Imran Pratapgarhi (Congress) are in the fray for six seats. The contest on the sixth seat is between Mahadik and Shiv Sena’s Pawar.
Shiv Sena 55 MLAs, NCP 53, Congress 44, BJP 106, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) three, Samajwadi Party, AIMIM and Prahar Janshakti Party two each, MNS, CPI(M), PWP, Swabhimani Party, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, one each from Jansurajya Shakti Party, Krantikari Shetkari Party, and 13 independent MLAs.
Both the MVA ally and the BJP are counting on an additional 25 votes from smaller parties and independents to ensure their candidates win the sixth seat.
Voting for 2 seats in Haryana
Voting will be held for two seats in Haryana and meanwhile legislators of the ruling BJP and some of its ally JJP were kept at a resort near Chandigarh for the second day . Congress MLAs are also staying in a resort in Chhattisgarh amid fears of horse-trading.
Asked about the growing threat of horse-trading by rival parties, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters in New Delhi, “We have appointed special observers in all the four places (states). The entire process will be videographed.
Chances of direct victory of BJP in Haryana
Though the BJP, with 40 MLAs in the 90-member Haryana Assembly, has nine more than the 31 first preference votes needed for a straight victory, the election for the second seat has turned interesting with media winger Kartikeya Sharma entering the fray. . He has the support of the BJP-JJP alliance, most independents and the lone Haryana Lokhit Party MLA Gopal Kanda.
The BJP has fielded former minister Krishan Lal Panwar, while former Union minister Ajay Maken is the Congress candidate. The Congress has 31 members in the state assembly, which is enough to help its candidate win one seat. In the event of cross voting, its prospects may be in jeopardy. Kuldeep Bishnoi, younger son of former Haryana chief minister late Bhajan Lal, is reportedly upset with the party as he was not given any post in the newly formed state Congress unit in April.
In the ninety-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP has 40 MLAs while the Congress has 31. BJP’s ally JJP has 10 MLAs, while the Indian National Lok Dal and Haryana Lokhit Party have one MLA each. There are seven independents.
6 candidates in fray for four seats in Karnataka
