UPA and its allies have a strength of 94 members in the Upper House. The ten nominated members may go ahead to vote with the government. BSP has 15 MPs and SP nine.
Among the seven independents, three-four may support the government. BSP, which extends outside support to UPA, has 15 members and it has said that it will disclose its stand on the issue on the floor of the House.
While in Lok Sabha, the government appears to be comfortably placed in the numbers game with promise of support from SP and BSP and DMK's open backing, Trinamool Congress with 19 MPs has also been cold towards the Opposition demand for a vote on the issue.
UPA enjoys the support of about 265 MPs in Lok Sabha which has total strength of 545. With the support of Samajwadi Party (22) and BSP (21), the backing for the ruling coalition goes a little over 300, which is a comfortable figure over the required mark of 273.
