The total strength of the Rajya Sabha is 243 at present. The half way mark if all are present and voting is 122. But what worried the Government side on Sunday was according to Rajya Sabha Secretariat records, nearly 13 members on the Government side are either Covid-hit or have not been attending the House.
Similarly on the Opposition side, the number of Covid positive and absent due to age factor number is close to 20 with Members like Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Sukhendu Shekhar Roy not coming.
With this status of the floor remained at 210 and the half way mark standing at 106.
The BJP has 86 members and with five members of JDU MPs, along with nominated and Independent members, the BJP calculated support of 105 MPs.
Those against the Bill were the Congress, the NCP, the AAP, the TMC, the BSP, the SP, the Left, the DMK, the RJD, the SAD, the TRS and others with 109 members.
On the numbers with both the Treasury, the Opposition had an edge on the day for the particular farm Bills.
Regional parties like the BJD, the AGP, the TRS, which rescued the Government in the past in similar situation, spoke against the Bill.
The AIADMK and the BJD have nine members each and the YSRCP which supported the Bill has six members.
The Shiv Sena which has three MPs in the Upper House decided not to support the Bill in present format.