By way of PTI
CHANDIGARH The BJP’s Krishan Lal Panwar and Unbiased candidate Kartikeya Sharma, sponsored through the saffron birthday celebration and its best friend JJP, have gained the 2 Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, officers mentioned early Saturday, after the counting of votes which used to be behind schedule through hours over allegation of violation of laws. Senior Congress chief Ajay Maken didn’t get sufficient votes.
In keeping with a senior Election Fee professional right here, Panwar were given 36 votes, whilst Sharma were given 23 first choice votes and 6 transferred from the BJP, taking his tally to 29. Congress MLA and the birthday celebration’s accepted polling agent BB Batra mentioned whilst the birthday celebration’s Kuldeep Bishnoi cross-voted, the vote of every other birthday celebration MLA used to be declared invalid.
The counting of votes started previous middle of the night Friday after the Election Fee gave the go-ahead. The counting used to be held up after the BJP and an Unbiased candidate sponsored through it had alleged violation of laws and demanded the votes of 2 Congress MLAs be declared invalid. Election Fee resources in Delhi mentioned the call for used to be rejected.
Panwar and Sharma had written 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 recorded through cameras.
The Congress had additionally approached the Election Fee accusing the BJP of looking to defeat the method of unfastened and truthful election and demanded rapid declaration of effects.
89 of a complete of 90 MLAs in Haryana had forged their votes whilst Unbiased MLA Balraj Kundu had abstained from vote casting.