Bengaluru, June 18 -- Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, on Thursday said those who indulged in cross-voting during the Legislative Council elections and "betrayed" the BJP will be identified.

Congress won five of the seven seats in the MLC polls in Karnataka, amid a cross-voting from the BJP-JD(S) camp.

Speaking to the media after congratulating the winning candidates, Ashoka said three votes were cross-voted, and one vote was declared invalid in the MLC polls.

"It will be known who did this. Those who betrayed the party will be caught," Ashoka said.

He expressed happiness over the victory of BJP candidates Lingaraj Patil and Raghu Koutlya. "We will examine who cross-voted and why they did it. We will discuss t...