Backdoor entry to Rajya Sabha: A saga of blatant political opportunism

In the bicameral structure of our Parliament the Rajya Sabha (RS) is nominally the Upper House. Like the British House of Lords or the American Senate, it has the duty to conduct high-level debates on important issues related to statecraft — debates that cannot be held in the rowdy chamber of the Lok Sabha (LS), where shrill party politics often overpowers the principles of civilised discourse.

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