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  • Balloting concludes in presidential election, general turnout at Parliament 98.90 consistent with cent

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Balloting for the presidential ballot ended on Monday with 98.90 consistent with cent of the electors authorized to vote within the parliament area exercising their franchise, Returning Officer PC Mody mentioned.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi forged their votes on the parliament area. Balloting additionally happened in state assemblies around the nation.

    Going by means of the stand taken by means of more than a few events, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is ready to win the ballot in opposition to joint Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha.

    Briefing newshounds after the balloting, Returning Officer Mody mentioned out of 736 electors comprising 727 MPs and 9 MLAs authorized by means of the Election Fee to vote on the Parliament area, 728 (719 MPs and 9 MLAs) forged their votes.

    Previous, the officer had mentioned that six MPs didn’t forged their vote, however the determine was once revised to 8 after recompilation of the information.

    NEW DELHI: Balloting for the presidential ballot ended on Monday with 98.90 consistent with cent of the electors authorized to vote within the parliament area exercising their franchise, Returning Officer PC Mody mentioned.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi forged their votes on the parliament area. Balloting additionally happened in state assemblies around the nation.

    Going by means of the stand taken by means of more than a few events, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is ready to win the ballot in opposition to joint Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha.

    Briefing newshounds after the balloting, Returning Officer Mody mentioned out of 736 electors comprising 727 MPs and 9 MLAs authorized by means of the Election Fee to vote on the Parliament area, 728 (719 MPs and 9 MLAs) forged their votes.

    Previous, the officer had mentioned that six MPs didn’t forged their vote, however the determine was once revised to 8 after recompilation of the information.

  • Presidential election: Shiv Sena to fortify NDA’s candidate Droupadi Murmu

    By way of On-line Table

    The Shiv Sena on Tuesday introduced that it’s going to fortify the NDA’s Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu vis-a-vis the non-BJP Opposition’s nominee Yashwant Sinha.

    Sena President Uddhav Thackeray made the formal announcement after a sequence of consultations with the celebration MPs, MLAs, and different leaders together with tribals.

    “There was completely no force from the MPs, as claimed within the media. Alternatively, many Sena leaders and office-bearers from tribal communities have asked us. We now have taken a choice to fortify Draupadi Murmu for the President’s elections,” Thackeray informed media individuals.

    The verdict to fortify Murmu comes an afternoon after 16 MPs informed Thackeray to fortify her as she is a “lady from a tribal neighborhood.”

    The Sena mentioned Monday, Thackeray had mentioned the Presidential polls factor and different issues intimately at a gathering of maximum Sena MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha but even so every other best leaders.

    “Up to now even Balasaheb Thackeray used to carry such consultations with celebration leaders on main problems and the choices had been made at the foundation of the view in their colleagues. At the day prior to this’s assembly, the candidature of Murmu used to be additionally mentioned,” mentioned Shiv Sena MP and Leader Spokesperson Sanjay Raut.

    Whilst emphasising that supporting Murmu does not indicate backing the BJP, he mentioned the Sena has the entire goodwill for Sinha.

    “Such selections are according to peoples’ sentiments or even up to now we had supported the candidature of Pratibha Patil (2007), Pranab Mukherjee (2012) once we had been with the NDA,” Raut identified, suggesting a repeat of its stance in 2022.

    He additionally rubbished hypothesis in a bit of the media that the Sena is at the verge of a cut up with even MPs making ready to riot and sign up for the crowd led through Leader Minister Eknath Shinde.

    “A majority of our MPs had been provide at the day prior to this’s assembly barring Shinde’s son, Dr. Shrikant Shinde and Bhavana Gawali. The celebration does now not take any selections underneath force and no matter is after all determined, can be binding on all MPs and MLAs,” Raut mentioned.

    Nationalist Congress Celebration and Congress, the opposite Maha Vikas Aghadi — of which the Sena is part — have now not but reacted to the traits.

    In the meantime, each Murmu and Sinha are anticipated to be in Mumbai this week to marketing campaign for the President elections and are more likely to meet the highest leaders of all political events.