BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan wins lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh

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BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan on Tuesday won the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh after a lot of suspense over the seat...

"I congratulate PM Modi because here, in Himachal Pradesh, where we are not in power, the BJP has won one Rajya Sabha seat and the credit goes to JP Nadda and Amit Shah," said Himachal Pradesh LoP Jairam Thakur on Rajya Sabha election results...

Polling for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, which began at 9 am on Tuesday, ended with Congress MLA from Chintpurni Sudershan Babloo casting the last vote..

The Congress had issued a whip to its MLAs to vote for Singhvi following which the BJP had accused the ruling Congress of issuing whip to their members to pressurise them and maintained that the MLAs have been elected democratically and have the right to vote as per their wish...

The BJP candidate had sent a complaint to the chief election commissioner drawing his attention to the three line whip issued by the Congress to vote for the party candidate...

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