India, March 16 -- Hectic political activity was witnessed in three states - Bihar, Odisha and Haryana - where voting will be required to elect 11 seats in the Rajya Sabha polls on Monday, even as 26 seats across seven states are set to be elected unopposed.

The biennial elections are being held for 37 seats - seven in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, six in Tamil Nadu, five in West Bengal, three in Assam, five in Bihar, two in Chhattisgarh, two in Haryana, one in Himachal Pradesh and two in Telangana. The NDA, which is in power in six of the 10 states going to the polls for the Upper House, has 134 members in the 234-strong Rajya Sabha and is set to increase its tally. The Opposition INDIA bloc, which is in power in four states, holds 80 se...