The latest Rajya Sabha party position, published on Monday morning, shows a sharp shift in numbers, with the Aam Aadmi Party’s strength reduced to three MPs and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s tally rising to 113, indicating Upper House Chairman C P Radhakrishnan’s acceptance of the merger of seven AAP members with the BJP. Earlier, the AAP had 10 members in the Upper House, while the BJP had 106. The NDA’s tally in Rajya Sabha is now 148: BJP 113, TDP 2, JD (U) 4, Shiv Sena 2, RLD 1, JD (S) 1, AGP 1, NCP 4, AIADMK 5, RPI (Athawale) 1, Rashtriya Lok Morcha ( Upendra Kushwaha ’s party) 1, and United People’s Party (Liberal) 2, apart from 7 nominated members who haven’t yet joined the BJP, Independent Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma, and one each from the MNF, NPP, and PMK. Five nominated members who joined the BJP have already been counted in the saffron party’s tally of 113. The present strength of Rajya Sabha is 245.…