 | Case for correcting RS poll anomalyThe proposal for creation of Rajya Sabha was first put forth in the Montague- Chelmsford reforms of 1918. |
| 40 per cent of newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs have criminal cases: ReportThe Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch said the report was based on the analysis of self-sworn affidavits of all 57 MPs who were elected to Rajya Sabha this month. |
 | Delhi HC bars AAP, MLA from ‘defaming’ Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MPIt was further alleged that the defendants got news circulated on various dates concerning their tweets and allegations which were ex-facie false, concocted, slanderous, scandalous, and derogatory. |
 | Second round of Maharashtra poll drama on June 20The opposition BJP has fielded five candidates, while ruling MVA allies, the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena, have nominated two candidates each. |
 | 'Congress working to identify Haryana MLA whose vote went invalid in Rajya Sabha polls': HoodaAmid a blame game in the party's state unit, MLA from the Faridabad NIT assembly constituency Neeraj Sharma said the Congress should identify the 'black sheep' whose vote was cancelled. |
 | Rajya Sabha elections: Haryana independent's vote validity to face judicial challengeWhat was interesting in this ballot paper was that the voting mark was not found in the prescribed box but next to Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma’s name. |
 | Power games: Mukesh Ambni's niece to marry Laxmi Mittal’s nephew on July 7Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi’s cross-voting wasn’t completely unexpected. |
| Burnished credentials and bruised egos in Rajya Sabha electionsHe said Fadnavis pulled off a miracle by drawing all Independents and smaller parties to win a difficult third seat. |
 | Cross voting in Rajya Sabha polls revives BJP rift in Rajasthan, Raje being targetedParty MLA Shobha Rani violated the party whip by voting for Congress candidate Pramod Tiwari and was suspended and served a notice to reply within seven days. |
 | Blame game starts in MVA after defeat of Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Pawar in Rajya Sabha electionsShiv Sena candidate Sanjay Pawar secured 33 votes while BJP’s nominee Dhananjay Mahadik got 25 votes but in the second round Mahadik completed the 41 votes quota while Pawar got a total of 39 votes. |
 | 'If Raut knows who voted for whom, then he is like Sanjay of Mahabharat': MLA's dig at Shiv SenaCalling himself an associate member of the Nationalist Congress Party, Shinde said he had voted for MVA candidates as per the instructions of the party. |
 | Cross voting in Rajya Sabha polls: Congress expels its Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positionsThe Haryana Congress has alleged that Bishnoi, an MLA from the Adampur constituency in Hisar, did not vote for the party candidate Ajay Maken. |
 | BJP's Rajya Sabha strength falls from 95 to 92; Congress gains two seats to reach 31From among the 57 retiring members, the BJP had 25 of its members and the Congress had seven who will retire by next month and new ones will replace them. |
 | Action sought against Congress' Kuldeep Bishnoi for cross-voting during Rajya Sabha polls: SourcesCongress nominee Ajay Maken failed to secure Rajya Sabha berth after one of the party's MLAs, Bishnoi, cross-voted, while the vote of an MLA was declared invalid. |
 | Unity, hands-on approach of central leadership key lessons for Congress from Rajya Sabha pollsCongress's Haryana MLA and authorised polling agent BB Batra said while the vote of a party MLA was declared invalid, party MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi cross-voted for Sharma, a media baron. |
 | Rajya Sabha polls: In prestige battle for sixth seat, Fadnavis's BJP outsmarts MVA with support of independentsPolitical analysts said that pulling off a win this way required a deep understanding of the arithmetic of counting of the electoral college and preferential voting pattern. |
 | Ahead of President election, Rajya Sabha poll result boost for BJP amid crack in Opposition ranksThe BJP's better-than-expected show is a boost to the ruling National Democratic Alliance ahead of the President's poll, and is a blow to its rivals. |
 | 'Not only people, even MVA MLAs disappointed with Uddhav government': Fadnavis after BJP's win in Rajya Sabha pollsThe bitter contest for the six seats of the Rajya Sabha that went to the wire saw three candidates of the BJP - Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Mahadik - winning. |
 | Rajya Sabha poll results: Raut calls BJP's win 'mandate of horsetrading', accuses EC of siding with that partyRaut said the vote of Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande was disqualified, whereas BJP's two votes were retained even as the same mistake was committed citing which the Sena's vote was invalidated. |
 | 'Fadnavis performed miracle of weaning away independent MLAs from rival camps': Pawar on Rajya Sabha poll resultsHe also said that there was nothing shocking in the election results, in which a Shiv Sena candidate lost. |
