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Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), retired from the Rajya Sabha in August. Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati quit the House in protest in July, and dissident Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav faces disqualification from the House after opposing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to align with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

This, in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament, leaves Derek O’Brien, Trinamool Congress leader in the Rajya