Putting a brave front over the cross-voting by his party MLAs, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that the decision to field a third candidate was a strategic move aimed at testing the true allegiance of his party members. Seven Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs cross-voted for the BJP in the
India News: BJP registered a stunning win in Rajya Sabha polls in UP, winning eight of 10 seats, amid cross-voting by at least seven SP MLAs. Lone BSP MLA, Uma Shankar Singh, too, voted in favour of BJP candidates - a sharp departure from the past when the Mayawati-led outfit preferred to abstain from voting.
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