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RANCHI: Two MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly upheld the sanctity of the secret ballot while casting votes for electing the President here on Monday. Under BJP rule, it has been established that a common man can become prime minister and president of the country." "It was only after permission was granted to them by the court that they arrived here under police security. Enos Ekka came from the jail hospital, where he is undergoing treatment, on a wheelchair and had to be assisted to the polling booth. So there was no need to produce papers before the election observers," said C P Singh.Apart from Ekka, JMM's Simon Marandi, who was recently elected to the assembly in the Littipara by-election, came from a hospital..