While the BJP is said to have contemplated action against him, Somashekar maintained that he voted for a party which ensured him funds for the developmental work in his constituency.
RS Polls: BJP Chief Whip in the Karnataka Assembly, Doddanagouda G Patil said the party will take strict action against MLA ST Somashekar voted in the favour of Congress party.
S T Somashekar s cross-voting for Congress in the Karnataka Rajya Sabha elections is a major setback for the BJP-JD(S) alliance. R Ashoka, the former deputy chief minister, plans to take legal action against him for political suicide.