By means of PTI
MUMBAI: As lawmakers from Maharashtra equipment as much as vote on Monday to elect the rustic’s subsequent president, there are considerations some of the opposition events over the potential for cross-voting.
MLAs and MPs shape the electoral school to elect the President of India.
The Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration (NCP) and Congress – the 2 major opposition events in Maharashtra – have already held conferences with their legislators to verify there is not any any cross-voting in favour of the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance’s candidate Droupadi Murmu.
The opposition is anxious as Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday claimed that Murmu would get the make stronger of 200 MLAs from the state.
“We will be able to arrange to get the votes of 200 MLAs for Droupadi Murmu. We wish an excessively at ease win for her,” he mentioned.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha is the candidate of the Opposition.
Significantly, cross-voting was once held right through the Rajya Sabha elections and the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls ultimate month.
All 5 applicants of the BJP had received the Legislative Council polls held for 10 seats, whilst with its personal numbers the BJP can have received most effective 4 seats.
The Shiv Sena and the NCP received two seats each and every, whilst the Congress may just most effective bag one seat.
There are some considerations within the NCP and Congress over guarding their votes.
“The Congress already confronted a humiliation within the Legislative Council election when certainly one of its candidate misplaced towards the BJP. We don’t want it to occur once more,” a senior Congress chief mentioned.
The BJP recently has 106 MLAs within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting in conjunction with 40 MLAs belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena, but even so 10 independents who make stronger the BJP.
“With out cross-voting, Murmu can not get the votes of 200 MLAs, as claimed via CM Shinde. If Murmu will get 200 votes, it’ll be an extra setback for the Congress, NCP and the Shiv Sena,” a political analyst mentioned.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena with 15 MLAs has introduced make stronger for Murmu.
The NCP and Congress have 53 and 44 MLAs, respectively.
Of the overall 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, 23 MPs belong to the BJP, 18 to Shiv Sena, 4 to NCP, and one to Congress.
Of the remainder two MPs, one belongs to the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and every other is Impartial.
Quite a lot of political events within the state also are taking additional efforts to verify not one of the votes solid via their MLAs and MPs flip invalid within the presidential election.
MUMBAI: As lawmakers from Maharashtra equipment as much as vote on Monday to elect the rustic’s subsequent president, there are considerations some of the opposition events over the potential for cross-voting.
MLAs and MPs shape the electoral school to elect the President of India.
The Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration (NCP) and Congress – the 2 major opposition events in Maharashtra – have already held conferences with their legislators to verify there is not any any cross-voting in favour of the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance’s candidate Droupadi Murmu.
The opposition is anxious as Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday claimed that Murmu would get the make stronger of 200 MLAs from the state.
“We will be able to arrange to get the votes of 200 MLAs for Droupadi Murmu. We wish an excessively at ease win for her,” he mentioned.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha is the candidate of the Opposition.
Significantly, cross-voting was once held right through the Rajya Sabha elections and the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls ultimate month.
All 5 applicants of the BJP had received the Legislative Council polls held for 10 seats, whilst with its personal numbers the BJP can have received most effective 4 seats.
The Shiv Sena and the NCP received two seats each and every, whilst the Congress may just most effective bag one seat.
There are some considerations within the NCP and Congress over guarding their votes.
“The Congress already confronted a humiliation within the Legislative Council election when certainly one of its candidate misplaced towards the BJP. We don’t want it to occur once more,” a senior Congress chief mentioned.
The BJP recently has 106 MLAs within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting in conjunction with 40 MLAs belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena, but even so 10 independents who make stronger the BJP.
“With out cross-voting, Murmu can not get the votes of 200 MLAs, as claimed via CM Shinde. If Murmu will get 200 votes, it’ll be an extra setback for the Congress, NCP and the Shiv Sena,” a political analyst mentioned.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena with 15 MLAs has introduced make stronger for Murmu.
The NCP and Congress have 53 and 44 MLAs, respectively.
Of the overall 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, 23 MPs belong to the BJP, 18 to Shiv Sena, 4 to NCP, and one to Congress.
Of the remainder two MPs, one belongs to the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and every other is Impartial.
Quite a lot of political events within the state also are taking additional efforts to verify not one of the votes solid via their MLAs and MPs flip invalid within the presidential election.