Rajya Sabha elections results: NDA dominates poll round, sweeps Bihar and bags three in Odisha; Haryana result put on hold

 NEW DELHI: The ruling NDA tightened its grip on the Rajya Sabha in the latest round of biennial polls on Monday, sweeping all five seats in Bihar and winning three of the four seats decided in Odisha, while the outcome of the two Haryana seats remained on hold after a controversy over alleged violation of vote secrecy

 In Bihar, the NDA swept all five seats. The winners were JD(U) chief and Bihar’s longest-serving chief minister Nitish Kumar, new Bihar BJP president Nitin Nabin, Union minister Ram Nath Thakur, Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha, and BJP’s Shivesh Kumar, who will enter the Upper House for the first time.

Ram Nath Thakur and Kushwaha, both sitting members, were re-elected