Currently, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led enactment has lone 8 Rajya Sabha members (Photo: Jagan Mohan Reddy/ Chandrababu Naidu/ X)
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has notified the docket for bye-polls to capable 3 vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh pursuing the resignations of YSRCP RS members M Venkata Ramana, B Mastan Rao Yadav and BC person R Krishnaiah.
Yadav and Krishnaiah resigned with up to 4 years near successful their respective tenures portion Rao had up to 2 years, dealing a large stroke to the YSRCP, which rapidly mislaid 3 members from the Council of States successful succession.
The TDP-led NDA confederation is poised to seizure 3 Rajya Sabha seats successful the ensuing bye-elections scheduled connected December 20, powered by its brute bulk of 164 seats successful the confederate state’s Assembly.
The TDP enjoys 135 Assembly seats followed by Jana Sena (21) and BJP (8). N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP is expected to get a foothold successful the Rajya Sabha arsenic it presently has nary practice portion the YSRCP whitethorn not contention the elections arsenic it does not person the required numbers.
For the archetypal clip successful astir 40 years, the TDP has nary practice successful the Upper House arsenic it refrained from contesting the Rajya Sabha elections earlier this twelvemonth owed to a deficiency of a capable fig of MLAs which could extremity soon.
The counting of votes of the bye-elections is scheduled for December 20.