73 Rajya Sabha Members to Retire

It is reported that a total of 73 Rajya Sabha members will be retiring between March and November of this year. Of these, the highest number of retirements will be from Uttar Pradesh with 10 members, followed by Maharashtra with 7, Tamil Nadu with 6, and West Bengal and Bihar with 5 members each.

Similarly, 4 members each will retire from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, and Karnataka; 3 members each from Assam, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan; and 2 members each from Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Jharkhand. One member each will retire from Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. These developments will necessitate new Rajya Sabha elections in several states.