How Congress squandered support of regional parties in Rajya Sabha elections

For the past month, all calculations by the anti-NDA camp had indicated that it would need the BJD’s support to win the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election. Yet, NCP was asked to reach out to Naveen Patnaik at the last moment. By the time he did, PM Modi had already spoken to him and secured his support.

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