Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha. Article 108 provides for a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament in certain cases. A joint sitting can be convened by the President of India when one house has either rejected a bill passed by the other house, has not taken any action on a bill transmitted to it by the other house for six months, or has disagreed to the amendments proposed by the Lok Sabha on a bill passed by it. Considering that the numerical strength of Lok Sabha is more than twice that of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha tends to have a greater
16th Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the Indian general elections, 2014. With the by-elections and vacancies since 2014, BJP has been reduced to 269 seats from 282 seats (including Speaker); while INC has increased its tally from 44 seats to 47 seats. Following 36 political parties are represented in 16th Lok Sabha: About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases. Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there is an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%)