Highlights 1 Congress' Ahmed Patel needs 45 votes to sail through to Rajya Sabha. Never has a Rajya Sabha election witnessed such a nail-biting contest as the one coming up in Gujarat on Tuesday. Vaghela, who parted ways with the Congress recently, has kept the party on tenterhooks refusing to pledge his vote to anyone. Caught unawares and with no definitive plan to secure 45 votes for Patel's comeback to Rajya Sabha, the Congress made arrangements to shift its debilitated strength of 51 MLAs to Bengaluru. ALSO READ:Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections: Setback for Congress after NCP decides to vote for BJPGujarat Rajya Sabha elections: Why Shankersinh Vaghela's curious silence is making Congress jitteryWATCH: NOTA in Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat: Congress up in arms in Upper House

Source: India Today August 07, 2017 21:13 UTC