BJP president Amit Shah has taken a serious view of the absence of party members from the Rajya Sabha despite a whip, and the absentee MPs are likely to be asked for an explanation.
Shah made his displeasure clear at the BJP parliamentary party meeting on 1 July, some MPs present there said, a day after the government suffered an embarrassment in the House when a united opposition ensured the passage of amendments to a Constitution amendment bill on backward classes.