India, Sept. 9 -- More than a dozen MPs are not voting in the election for the 15th Vice President of India on Tuesday. These members range from Punjab's independent MPs Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, to parties such as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Odisha's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Telangana's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) - for various reasons.

Amritpal Singh, who has been accused of separatism, has been in jail in Assam ever since he was arrested from Moga's Rode village in Punjab in 2023. He was later elected to the Lok Sabha from Khadoor Sahib but has not got permission to attend the House. There were reports that he would vote using postal ballot.

But later it came out that Amritpal is among MPs from Punjab who've cho...