Rajya Sabha, or the council of states, is the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, with 245 members. Its members get an extra year in their term of 6 years even as Lok Sabha MPs have five-year terms.

This difference makes the Rajya Sabha a continuous body of the Parliament, against the Lok Sabha term that ends every five years, or earlier if the government loses majority.

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