Bengaluru, Feb 27: Amid cross-voting fears, voting in the elections for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka went under way on Tuesday, with the ruling Congress claiming it could get support from the rival camp.
The polling for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats ended in Karnataka on Tuesday and in a setback to NDA, Shivaram Hebbar, the BJP MLA from Yellapur abstained from voting.Earlier, BJP MLA S.T. Somashekar had allegedly indulged in cross .
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The Congress claimed the support of two independents and Darshan Puttanaiah from Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha, and was confident of winning three seats. Interestingly, the fourth one - G Janardhana Reddy (of Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha) met the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday.
Union minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should apologise for the alleged incident of raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans in the Vidhana Soudha after the declaration of Rajya Sabha election .