Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP vice president OP Mathur and two other party nominees were today elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in the elections in which Congress-backed independent candidate Kamal Morarka was defeated.
While Mr Naidu and Mr Mathur each got 42 votes, ruling BJP's other two candidates Harshvardhan Singh, a member of erstwhile Dungarpur royal family, and Ramkumar Verma, a retired RBI official, secured 40 each.
Congress-supported Independent candidate and industrialist Kamal Morarka got 34 votes--24 of Congress, four of National People's Party, two of BSP and four Independents.
A candidate needed 40 votes to win in Rajasthan.
Of the total 200 members of the Legislative Assembly, 199 voted in the polling held from 9 am to 4 pm.
BSP legislator BL Kushwah, who is in judicial custody in a murder case since October 2014, was not allowed by the Rajasthan High Court to cast his vote.
BJP has 160 legislators followed by 24 of Congress, 4 of National People's Party, three of BSP, two of National Unionist Zamindara Party and seven Independents.
BJP was expecting the support of two legislators of National Unionist Zamindara Party and four independent legislators and secure a combined tally of 166 votes for its four candidates but figure stood at 164.
After the results of the elections, Mr Mathur said "Rajasthan today went one step ahead in the direction of a Congress-free India".
Mr Singh and Mr Verma said that it was the victory of party legislators and the chief minister.
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu got 42 votes in the Rajasthan Rajya Sabha elections.
"Congress touched a new low by supporting a candidate who had in the past criticised Indira Gandhi and other members of the Gandhi family. It also tried to do horse-trading but failed", Mr Goyal said.
Polling in Rajasthan was forced by the entry of former Union minister Kamal Morarka with the support of Congress and other some other non-BJP parties and independents.
To ensure victory of all the four candidates, BJP held a training camp at a hotel from Wednesday night.
However, BJP legislator Ghansyam Tiwari was not present in the training camp and came to the Assembly today.
Congress alleged that it was herding of the BJP legislators in the name of training.
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