Lucknow, Oct. 27 -- A see-saw battle of ballots is being witnessed in the counting for the 11 teacher and graduate MLC seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Though officially the counting commenced at 0800 hrs on Tuesday, it took around six hours to make the bundle of the ballot papers.
However, allegations and counter allegations between the BJP and SP candidates have further delayed the process.
In several seats not even the first round of counting was completed by 6 pm.
According to initial reports, in the Varanasi teacher seat, 1,000 votes were counted at 14 tables in the first round.
SP candidate and outgoing MLC Lal Bihari Yadav is leading in the first round. BJP's Pramod Mishra is in second place.
In Varanadi graduate seat, SP candidate Ashu...