NEW DELHI: The ruling Congress-l is still short of four seats for having a majority in the upper house seas from Punjab in the last weeks Biennial elections.
The party’s strength has gone up to 115 in the upper house with an effective strength of 237 and eight vacancies.
“The new MPs from Punjab elected unopposed are Venod Sharma president of Chandigarh Congress-I committee Balbir Singh former Punjab minister Iqbal Singh Surinder Singla and Jagir Singh Dard.
Among the eight vacancies are three from Delhi two from Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Madhya Pradesh.
Maharashtra was nominated.
Following is the party position in the Rajya Sabha after Punjab Biennial elections: Congress-I(115) Janata Dal 23) Bharatiya Janata Party (18) Communist Party of India Marxist (16) Janata Dal (Samajwadi) (15) DMK (10) Telugu Desam (5) Communist Party of India (5) Aiadmk (4) RSP (2) National Conference (2) Janata Party (1) Asom Gana Parishad (1) Natun Asom Gana Parishad (1) SSP (1) Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (1) Nagaland Peoples Council (1) Independents (4) and Nominated (8)
Article extracted from this publication >> April 17, 1992
