<p>New Delhi: A fresh vacancy was created in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with House chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar accepting the resignation of K Keshava Rao who had quit his membership as a BRS MP after joining the Congress.</p><p>Rao was a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) member of the Rajya Sabha from Telangana since 2020.</p><p>He joined the Congress on Wednesday and resigned from his membership of the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday.</p>.'Worthy homecoming': BRS leader K Keshava Rao returns to Congress fold.<p>On Friday, Dhankhar accepted his resignation, following which his seat in the Rajya Sabha became vacant, official sources said.</p><p>With Rao's resignation, as many as 16 seats in the House are vacant.</p><p>Before this, 15 seats -- four from Jammu and Kashmir, three from Maharashtra, two each from Assam and Bihar, and one each from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tripura -- were vacant in the Rajya Sabha, according to the latest tally. </p>
<p>New Delhi: A fresh vacancy was created in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with House chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar accepting the resignation of K Keshava Rao who had quit his membership as a BRS MP after joining the Congress.</p><p>Rao was a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) member of the Rajya Sabha from Telangana since 2020.</p><p>He joined the Congress on Wednesday and resigned from his membership of the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday.</p>.'Worthy homecoming': BRS leader K Keshava Rao returns to Congress fold.<p>On Friday, Dhankhar accepted his resignation, following which his seat in the Rajya Sabha became vacant, official sources said.</p><p>With Rao's resignation, as many as 16 seats in the House are vacant.</p><p>Before this, 15 seats -- four from Jammu and Kashmir, three from Maharashtra, two each from Assam and Bihar, and one each from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tripura -- were vacant in the Rajya Sabha, according to the latest tally. </p>