Sitharaman, Surjewala amongst 8 elected to RS, row over regulations breach delays counting in Maha, Haryana

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BENGALURU/JAIPUR: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress’ leader spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and senior chief Jairam Ramesh have been some of the 8 applicants elected to the Rajya Sabha on Friday from Karnataka and Rajasthan, whilst counting were given not on time in Maharashtra and Haryana amid wrangling by way of rival events over alleged breach of vote casting regulations.

Representations made by way of the BJP and the Congress and its allies, accusing every different of flouting the open vote casting regulations and in quest of invalidation of the votes of a few MLAs, are being tested by way of the Election Fee.

The counting shall be taken up best after the ballot panel offers the cross forward. In an emphatic endorsement for the BJP in Karnataka, the ruling celebration had the closing snicker because it gained all of the 3 Rajya Sabha seats it contested out of the 4 that went to polls.

The primary opposition Congress controlled to win best probably the most two seats for which its nominees have been within the fray, whilst the JD(S) drew a clean.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh, and MLC Lehar Singh Siroya of the BJP, and previous Union Minister Jairam Ramesh of the Congress have been declared victorious. Sitharaman and Ramesh were re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.

There used to be suspense over the result of the battle for the fourth seat, which witnessed a decent contest between all of the 3 primary political events none of which had sufficient votes for a very easy win.

On the other hand, BJP’s Siroya triumphed over Mansoor Ali Khan of the Congress and D Kupendra Reddy (JDS), it sounds as if aided by way of cross-voting from rival events and the assistance of Independents. In Rajasthan, the ruling Congress gained 3 of the 4 seats and the BJP one.

BJP-backed Unbiased nominee and media baron Subhash Chandra, whose access into the fray had added spice to the electoral tussle, fell by way of the wayside. Chandra, who had gained the closing RS election as an Unbiased from Haryana, attempted his good fortune from Rajasthan.

Congress applicants Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari have been declared elected, and so used to be BJP’s Ghanshyam Tiwari.

In a fascinating building, BJP MLA Shobharani Kushwah cross-voted in favour of Congress candidate Pramod Tiwari. The BJP promptly suspended her from the celebration’s number one club.

“When everyone is aware of that 126 MLAs are with us, why did they (BJP) box an unbiased candidate? They sought after to try horse-trading however that didn’t occur,” a jubilant Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot informed newshounds on the Meeting complicated in Jaipur.

The victory of the Congress applicants has despatched out a powerful message within the nation, he mentioned, saying the celebration will retain energy within the Meeting elections subsequent yr. The Congress, with 108 MLAs within the 200-member Meeting, wanted 123 votes to win the 3 seats. The Bharatiya Tribal Celebration (BTP) with two MLAs had prolonged toughen to it.

The ruling celebration additionally had the claimed toughen of 13 Independents and one Rashtriya Lok Dal MLA, who’s a state minister. Alternatively, the BJP had 71 MLAs. After the victory of its celebration candidate, who secured 43 votes, the BJP had 28 surplus votes to lend a hand Chandra’s bid.

3 MLAs of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Celebration (RLP) too had prolonged toughen to Chandra, however he nonetheless could not organize the extra votes required for a victory.

On the other hand, the counting used to be held up in Maharashtra after opposition BJP alleged 3 MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)–Cupboard ministers Jitendra Awhad (NCP) and Yashomati Thakur (Congress), but even so Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande violated the style code for vote casting.

The Congress retaliated, challenging that the Election Fee invalidate the votes of BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar and Unbiased MLA Ravi Rana.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, in a letter to the CEC claimed Mungantiwar “vitiated the vote casting process” by way of appearing his poll paper to other people rather then his personal celebration’s election brokers.

Rana overtly displayed the Hanuman Chalisa, a non secular e-book, and sought to steer different electorate, he alleged.

The counting used to be additionally placed on grasp in Haryana for an identical causes after BJP nominee Krishan Lal Panwar and Unbiased candidate Kartikeya Sharma shot off a missive to the EC, alleging Congress MLAs Kiran Choudhary and B B Batra confirmed their poll papers to unauthorised individuals after marking them and that the episodes have been “duly captured” on cameras.

Distinguished some of the applicants who’re anticipated to attain a facile victory in Maharashtra come with Union minister Piyush Goyal and Shiv Sena’s ubiquitous face and spokesperson Sanjay Raut. Each are sitting Rajya Sabha contributors from the state.