Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has welcomed the Assam government decision to introduce standard operating procedure (SOP) inclu
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that of the 22 opposition MLAs of the state, who voted for NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election defying their party line, 15-16 are from the Congress.
The combined opposition sought votes for Yashwant Sinha in the name of ‘saving Constitution and democracy’, but the exact opposite thing happened. In Telangana, Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya and UP, several opposition MLAs voted for Murmu.
Guwahati, July 18 (PTI): A total of 123 of 126 Assam MLAs, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, cast their votes for the presidential election at Assam Assembly here on Monday amid AIUDF’s allegation of cross-voting by Congress. Voting has concluded and the ballot box will be sealed and sent to New Delhi amid tight security aboard a flight at night. Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah had sought permission to cast his vote in New Delhi as he is undergoing treatment in the national capital, while AIUDF legislators Suzzamuddin Laskar and Nizamuddin Choudhury did not exercise their franchise as they are in Saudi Arabia to perform Haj. The chief minister, after exercising his franchise, tweeted, “I cast my vote for the 2022 presidential election.” Legislators of both ruling NDA and Opposition Congress and AIUDF were seen queuing on the assembly premises before voting began at 10 AM. Most of the cabinet ministers and Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia cast their