'Party rules are applied selectively': Kuldeep Bishnoi takes jibe at Congress after his expulsion
India | June 12, 2022 7:40 ISTKuldeep Bishnoi also stressed on the party's inaction against other critical opportunities.
Kuldeep Bishnoi also stressed on the party's inaction against other critical opportunities.
The Haryana Congress has alleged that Bishnoi, an MLA from the Adampur constituency in Hisar, did not vote for the party candidate Ajay Maken and cross-voted in favour of Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, who was backed by BJP-JJP combined.
Congress won three of the four seats in Rajasthan while it suffered a setback in Haryana where the grand old party's Ajay Maken, a former union minister and a party general secretary, lost to the BJP-backed Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma.
"If you see the votes polled by every candidate of NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress, they received the votes as per the quota. Only Praful Patel received one extra vote and I know from where it came. That was not MVA's vote, it was from the opposite side," Pawar told media.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and senior leader Jairam Ramesh were among the eight candidates that were elected to the from Karnataka and Rajasthan, while counting got delayed in Maharashtra and Haryana amid wrangling by rival parties over alleged breach of voting rules.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh, and outgoing MLC Lehar Singh Siroya of BJP, and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh of Congress were declared victorious by the poll officials after counting of votes.
Congress won three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, overcoming BJP-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra.
Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria issued an order stating Kushwah voted for Tiwari despite a whip and that she was being suspended from the BJP's primary membership.
The party's Kolar MLA K Srinivas Gowda cast his vote for the Congress candidate and admitted that he did so since he "loved" voting for the Congress nominee.
The Election Commission has appointed special observers and ordered videography of the entire exercise.
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