Cross-voting by BJP, Trinamool, Congress

  • | Tuesday | 18th July, 2017

Cross-voting by BJP, Trinamool and Congress legislators was reported from Gandhinagar and Agartala. "We are ready to go to any extent and make sacrifices to defeat the communists," said leader of the rebel TMC group, Sudip Roy Barman. In Meghalaya, Congress minister MM Danggo didn't cast his vote because of personal reason. Four MLAs of the regional Hill State People's Democratic Party also did not vote as the party had decided to boycott the polls. Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath said: "There is no tradition of issuing a whip in the presidential election and MLAs and MPs are free to cast their votes for candidates of their choice.

Cross-voting by BJP, Trinamool and Congress legislators was reported from Gandhinagar and Agartala. In Chandigarh, AAP MLA H S Phoolka abstained from voting.In Agartala, six rebel TMC MLAs and one Congress legislator voted for Kovind saying their focus was to defeat the ruling Left Front in the Tripura assembly polls. "We are ready to go to any extent and make sacrifices to defeat the communists," said leader of the rebel TMC group, Sudip Roy Barman. Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath said: "There is no tradition of issuing a whip in the presidential election and MLAs and MPs are free to cast their votes for candidates of their choice. I preferred Kovindji." In Meghalaya, Congress minister MM Danggo didn't cast his vote because of personal reason. Four MLAs of the regional Hill State People's Democratic Party also did not vote as the party had decided to boycott the polls.

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