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Rajya Sabha elections: PM Modi congratulates winners
The BJP won 11 of the remaining 25 seats at stake in the crucial Rajya Sabha biennial polls in seven states.
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all the candidates who won the Rajya Sabha elections and wished them a fruitful parliamentary career.
"Congratulations to all those elected to the Rajya Sabha from various states and best wishes for their Parliamentary career," he tweeted. The BJP won 11 of the remaining 25 seats at stake in the crucial Rajya Sabha biennial polls in seven states. Thirty-three candidates from 10 states were declared elected unopposed on March 15 with the BJP accounting for 16 of them.Congratulations to all those elected to the Rajya Sabha from various states and best wishes for their Parliamentary career. I hope they effectively voice the aspirations of the states they will represent.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 23, 2018
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