The Rajya Sabha has taken up dialogue on the Waqf Modification Invoice which has already been handed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Rajya Sabha will take up the voting tonight with each – the ruling camp and the opposition camp – striving to get the numbers of their favours. Within the Lok Sabha, 288 members supported the Invoice whereas 232 opposed the invoice. The bulk mark within the 543-member home is 273. 

How Numbers Stack Up In Rajya Sabha?

Within the Rajya Sabha, which presently has 236 members, the NDA holds 117 seats, falling simply two in need of the 119 wanted for a majority. Nevertheless, with the assist of two nominated members and 6 independents, the ruling alliance’s energy will increase to 125, surpassing the bulk threshold.

The Bharatiya Janata Occasion, the most important celebration within the NDA, contributes 98 MPs to the alliance’s whole within the Higher Home. Different NDA-affiliated events represented embody the Janata Dal (United) with 4 seats, the Nationalist Congress Occasion with three, the Telugu Desam Occasion with two, and ten different events with one member every.

In distinction, the opposition INDIA bloc has a complete of 88 MPs within the Rajya Sabha. This contains 27 from the Congress, 13 from the Trinamool Congress, 10 every from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Aam Aadmi Occasion, 5 from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, 4 every from the Samajwadi Occasion and the CPI-M, three from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, together with representatives from different events.

Moreover, 23 MPs belong to events that aren’t aligned with both the NDA or the INDIA bloc. The BJD has not issued a whip to its MPs within the Rajya Sabha and thus, cross voting is feasible in favour of the invoice.