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BJP on Friday won five Rajya Sabha seats ensuring a smooth entry for Jyotiraditya Scindia to the upper house from Madhya Pradesh, while Congress emerged victorious on three seats, including two from Rajasthan where it had feared poaching of MLAs by the saffron party.
Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath celebrate after the former wins one out of three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki have won the other two seats.
As expected, BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki easily won Rajya Sabha election garnering 56 and 55 votes while Congress veteran emerged victorious with 57 votes out of the 206 votes cast for three seats on Friday. The second Congress candidate Fool Singh Barraiya failed to make a cut ,falling way behind the requisite 52 votes to elect candidates. He managed to garner 36 votes.