Rajya Sabha Elections and 'cross-voting': What kept UP, Himachal and Karnataka on the edge

The Rajya Sabha Election fired up amid allegation of "cross-voting" on Tuesday. As many as 15 seats across three states went to the polls on February 27. The voting took place for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, four seats in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh. The candidates for the remaining 41 seats in other states were elected unopposed.

Of the three states, two are currently ruled by the Congress (Karnataka and Himachal) and one by the Bharatiya Janata Party (UP). Political parties and leaders seemed concerned amid reports claiming that

Rajya Sabha Elections: Here's what has kept political parties and the three states on the edge:

The Rajya Sabha Election happened for 10 seats in the state. The poll was necessiated after the . The Samajwadi Party's (SP) fielded three candidates. Had the BJP not fielded its eighth candidate, the ten nominees (7 from BJP and 3 from SP) would have have been elected unopposed.

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The BJP's move seemingly put SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in troubled water as reports claimed that seven SP MLAs cross-voted in favour of the BJP. Five SP MLAs — Abhay Singh, Rakesh Singh, Rakesh Pandey, Vinod Chaturvedi, and Manoj Pandey — met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the voting, news agency PTI reported.

However, a SP leader claimed that his party secured 102 voted to win all the three seats.

Amid the chaos, Akhilesh Yadav claiming said the contest on theird Rajya Sabha seat is a . He posted on X, "Our third seat (bid) in the Rajya Sabha was actually a test to identify the true companions and to know who was with the PDA at heart and who was against the backward classes, Dalits and minorities by conscience." He added that disciplinary action would be taken against the MLAs if