India, Sept. 8 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has decided to abstain from voting in the vice-presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, the party's working president KT Rama Rao said on Monday.

"The decision was taken at a meeting of party president and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with party leaders," KTR said. The decision has been conveyed to the party's Rajya Sabha MPs who have been told to stay away from the polling, he added.

Odisha's Biju Janata Dal has also decided to abstain from voting in the vice presidential election.

The BRS currently has four Rajya Sabha members, and does not have any members in the Lok Sabha. The vice president is elected by an Electoral College, comprising elected members o...