Winning four Rajya Sabha seats out of 13 for which polls were held on Thursday the BJP has for the first time crossed the 100-mark in the upper house.
The BJP won four Rajya Sabha seats from three Northeastern states — Assam, Tripura and Nagaland and also became the first party to achieve the feat after 1988.
After the recent round of election the BJP’s tally now stands at 101.
The BJP achieved this feat after winning four seats out of 13 for which polls were held on Thursday. The saffron party alliance partner United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) won one Rajya Sabha seat from Assam at the expense of Congress, which fell victim to alleged cross voting.
The BJP has also increased its members' tally in the Upper House from the region.
The Congresss' strength has reduced by five seats in the recent round of the Rajya Sabha polls.
With the BJP crossing the 100-mark in the Rajya Sabha, the opposition has been put out of the race for the Vice President election in August this year. The elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam and one in Tripura were held on Thursday.
BJP candidate and its women wing state president S. Phangnon Konyak was elected unopposed to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Nagaland, making her the first woman from the state to get a berth in the Parliament's Upper House.