The shock defeats and setbacks in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh would dent the imminent position which the BJP was seeking to attain in the Upper House where it had already gained the status of single largest party after its thumping win in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, last year.
Currently BJP has 73 members followed by the Congress with 50, AIADMK , Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party 13 each, Biju Janata Dal 9 , Telangana Rashtriya Samiti and Telugu Desam Party with six each and Rashriya Janata Dal 5.
After it assumed power at the Centre on May 26, 214, gaining absolute majority in the Lok Sabha, the BJP had to struggle in the Upper House where the Opposition, mainly the Congress, blocked several key legislations, including the recent triple talaq Bill which could not get passage in the upper house after Lok Sabha (where BJP has the majority) passed it in the last session.
The BJP is set to introduce triple talaq bill again in the RS in the winter session that commenced on Monday.
With clear defeats in Rajasthan (Assembly strength 200) and Chhattisgarh ( (90 seats)) and losing numbers in Madhya Pradesh (230 seats) to the Congress, BJP may accede RS strength to the Congress which would be able to grab many more RS seats on account of its new found power in these three States.
The gains for the NDA had come this year, when Rajya Sabha elections happened in 19 different States for 58 seats with the BJP winning nine out of the ten seats from UP itself where It had gained thumping majority in the Assembly elections, last year.
The results of March biennial elections across the country had given an edge to the BJP over the Congress, even though a majority had continued to elude the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
With the winning trend in different States, BJP was hoping that the NDA could inch forward towards a majority in the Upper house by next year when at least eight vacancies are up for grab .
The poll reverses in three states would put a sudden halt on NDA's ambitions to work out its RS strength to its existing heavy presence in LS.