FDI vote begins in RS, govt needs 117 to win

December 07, 2012 14:57

The UPA, including all allies, has 94 MPs and nine of the 10 nominated MPs are expected to vote for it, a total of 103. The 10th, Sachin Tendulkar, is playing the Kolkata third Test against England and will not be in the House. The Rajya Sabha has 244 members. With the nine Samajwadi Party MPs expected to abstain, as the party did in the Lok Sabha, and Sachin absent, the House strength will come down to 234 and the majority mark to 118. Mayawati's 15 MPs will take the pro-FDI total to 118, exactly the number it requires.

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