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BJP stunned as Karnataka, Himachal,
Jharkhand lawmakers cross-vote
Sunday July 22, 2012 10:30:42 PM, IANS
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Delhi/Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party was stunned
Sunday as around 16 of its legislators in the faction-ridden
Karnataka unit and some in Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand seem to
have voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential
poll.
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the party will probe the
cross-voting issue.
In Karnataka, Mukherjee got 117 against 103 votes polled by P. A.
Sangma, who was backed by the BJP and other opposition parties.
Sangma's vote count shows that 16 BJP legislators have let him
down and more so their party.
The BJP, ruling Karnataka for the first time, has 119 members in
the 225-member assembly, in which one seat is vacant. It also has
the support of one of the seven Independents.
Of the 224, only 223 were eligible to vote as one is a nominated
member.
All 223 voted and three votes were declared invalid after the
count in New Delhi
If there was no-cross voting, Mukherjee would have got 98 votes,
71 of the Congress and 27 of Janata Dal-Secular which had pledged
support to him.
It is quite possible that Mukherjee has got votes of six
Independents also, which would have taken the tally to 104 if
there was no cross-voting by BJP.
If this is the case, then at least 13 BJP legislators have voted
for Mukherjee as three votes have been declared invalid.
The state BJP leaders declined commenting on the embarrassing
development.
Meanwhile, in BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh, Mukherjee got 23 votes
to Sangma's 14. The BJP has 41 legislators in the 67-member house.
In Jharkhand, where the BJP rules in coalition with Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha and the All Jharkhand Students Union, Mukherjee got
60 votes to Sangma's 20 after both coalition partners decided to
support the UPA nominee.
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