Day after VP poll, Oppn examines role of cross-voting
New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- A day after CP Radhakrishnan won the Vice President election, Opposition leaders have come to the conclusion that at least 10 votes were lost due to cross-voting or invalid voting, a senior non-Congress Opposition leader said on Wednesday.
According to the Opposition's calculations, based on internal discussions between the parties, Aam Aadmi Party, Shiv Sena (UBT), Samajwadi Party, NCP (Sharad Pawar) and JMM have lost votes. To be sure, these conclusions are based on informal discussions as it is impossible to detect how one MP has voted through secret ballots.
According to a senior leader, DMK, Trinamool Congress, RJD, Left parties, National Conference and smaller Opposition allies have accounted for 100% of their votes.
"There is one doubtful vote in the Congress. Three votes each from Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena have gone wasted. 4 MPs of AAP have either cross-voted or given invalid votes," said a leader. Similarly, leaders suspect that two votes of NCP(SP) and at least two votes of JMM have not been added to the Opposition's kitty. htc...
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