India News: BJP-JD(S) alliance’s plan to sow discord within the Congress in Karnataka by fielding a fifth candidate for four Rajya Sabha seats at stake from the state backfired on Tuesday when two MLAs of the saffron camp defied the party’s directive to vote against the governing party.
Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs defied the party diktat in the elections to four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka, and although their voting behaviour – one voted for the Opposition and another just didn’t turn up – did not change the outcome, it did raise questions about the party’s alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular). | Latest News India
Polling was being held for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, four in Karnataka, and one in Himachal Pradesh after 41 candidates were elected unopposed | Latest News India
The outcome of the election was on expected lines with AICC leader Ajay Makan and sitting Congress members GC Chandrashekar and Syed Naseer Hussain, and BJP candidate Narayansa K Bhandage emerging winners.
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