Shillong, June 24 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance 2.0 Government, after the latest round of biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha (RS) is over the alliance has further widened its gap with the opposition in the Upper House of Parliament. The saffron party is now having 86 seats and the rival Congress a merely 41. The NDA now has nearly 100 members in the 245-member house. If the support of friendly parties like the AIADMK (9), BJD (9), YSR Congress Party (6)0 and several allied nominated members and smaller parties is counted, then Modi's government is unlikely to face any serious numerical challenge there.

The Election Commission had announced the biennial polls to 61 seats, including 55 in March but the proce...