BSP, SP ensure win for UPA in Rajya Sabha as well
December 07, 2012 15:14
As with the Lok Sabha, the BSP (by voting with the government) and the SP (by staging a walkout) ensured a win for the UPA. In the Lok Sabha, the motion brought by the opposition was defeated by a margin of 35 votes as 218 members voted in favour of the motion while 253 against it. In the Lok Sabha, both the SP and the BSP had staged a walkout.