A Seat Here, A Seat There: BJP, Congress's Numbers Game For Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha election: In the 200-member Rajasthan assembly, each candidate needs 41 votes to win. The Congress has 108 MLAs and the BJP has 71 votes

The last-minute entry of two media barons in the Rajya Sabha election has set up a contest between the BJP and Congress in at least two states, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra, a member of the upper house of parliament, filed his nomination from Rajasthan with the BJP's endorsement.

The Congress is in a position to win two of the four seats in Rajasthan and the BJP, one.

There will now be a contest for the fourth seat with Subhash Chandra challenging the Congress's Pramod Tiwari.