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  • Go vote casting in Rajya Sabha polls: Congress expels its Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all birthday celebration positions

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after dropping the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana because of cross-voting, the Congress cracked the whip and expelled its legislator Kuldeep Bishnoi from all birthday celebration positions.

    The Haryana Congress has alleged that Bishnoi, an MLA from the Adampur constituency in Hisar, didn’t vote for the birthday celebration candidate Ajay Maken and cross-voted in favour of Impartial candidate Kartikeya Sharma, who was once supported by way of the ruling BJP-JJP mix.

    The Congress had 31 MLA and wanted as many votes to win the Rajya Sabha seat from Haryana, however considered one of its legislators cross-voted and some other’s vote was once cancelled.

    “The Congress president has expelled Kuldeep Bishnoi from all his provide birthday celebration positions, together with the submit of particular invitee of the Congress Running Committee, with speedy impact,” a remark from AICC normal secretary Ok C Venugopal mentioned.

    Bishnoi had now not attended any of the birthday celebration conferences of its legislators and had mentioned that he has voted as in line with his judgment of right and wrong.

  • ‘Fadnavis carried out miracle of weaning away impartial MLAs from rival camps’: Pawar on Rajya Sabha ballot effects

    By means of PTI

    PUNE/MUMBAI: Within the wake of the BJP successful all 3 Rajya Sabha seats it contested in Maharashtra, NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Saturday stated saffron birthday party chief Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in operating the “miracle” of weaning away impartial MLAs from rival camps the use of “other method”.

    He additionally stated that there was once not anything stunning within the election effects, through which a Shiv Sena candidate misplaced.

    Speaking to newshounds in Pune, Pawar stated the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress made a brave try to win the 6th seat in spite of falling wanting a couple of numbers.

    “I’m really not surprised to look the consequences. The MVA applicants won votes in percentage to the selection of MLAs. Then again, one has to simply accept the miracle through which BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in weaning away impartial MLAs and in addition the ones from smaller events, who would have another way supported the MVA. He was once a success in bringing other folks (impartial MLAs) with reference to him by means of the use of other method,” Pawar instructed newshounds in Pune.

    “The MVA made a brave try to win the 6th seat in spite of falling quick or few numbers. The 6th seat was once a possibility for the MVA, however (Maharashtra Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president) Uddhav Thackeray took the chance. In politics, one has to take dangers,” he added.

    When requested whether or not the result of the Rajya Sabha elections would impact the stableness of the MVA govt within the state, Pawar answered within the unfavourable.

    “See the numbers. The specified majority to run a central authority has now not been impacted,” the previous Union minister stated, including that there was once no danger to the MVA dispensation.

    The BJP had fielded 3 applicants out of the overall six Rajya Sabha seats that went to the polls on Friday.

    BJP applicants – Union minister Piyush Goyal, former state minister Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik – received the fiercely-fought elections, whilst Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, NCP’s Praful Patel and Congress’ Imran Pratapgarhi additionally got here out victorious.

    The competition was once for the 6th seat – between BJP’s Mahadik and Sena’s Pawar, who misplaced.

    Mahadik and Pawar hail from Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.

    Pawar stated the quota for first desire vote for Patel (NCP), Pratapgarhi (Congress) and Raut (Sena) was once intact.

    “Actually, Praful Patel won an additional vote from a BJP-backed impartial MLA, who voted for Patel after informing me. The impartial has labored with me previous. That further vote was once from the quota of our opponent (BJP), which landed in NCP’s kitty,” the veteran flesh presser stated.

    “Now not a unmarried vote of the NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress was once impacted. Even a unmarried vote from BJP was once impacted. All of the amusing came about within the votes of impartial MLAs,” he added.

    The counting for election to the six Rajya Sabha seats within the state was once held up for a number of hours because the BJP wondered the validity of ballots solid by means of 3 MVA MLAs, alleging that regulations had been violated.

    The MVA too sought to invalidate two votes, one by means of a BJP MLA and some other by means of an Impartial.

    The counting in spite of everything started at 1 pm on Saturday.

    Speaking about it, Pawar alleged that the objection raised by means of BJP over 3 MLAs’ votes was once a pat of “foul play”.

    “The voter is meant to turn the vote to the management. They have got the best to turn the vote. So if somebody presentations the vote to Congress president Nana Patole or NCP state unit leader Jayant Patil, there’s no illegality in that,” he stated.

    Requested about Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande’s vote being declared invalid, he stated that he does now not know anything else about it.

    Replying to a query about whether or not the MVA failed to turn the political adulthood within the RS elections, Pawar stated one has to take dangers in politics and that possibility was once taken by means of Shiv Sena leader and Uddhav Thackeray.

    When requested in regards to the upcoming presidential elections, he stated that the problem was once now not mentioned but.

    “I’m going to Delhi the next day and we will be able to sit down in combination and speak about it as everyone desires to speak about it in combination,” he stated.

  • Jailed Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik seeks one-day bail to solid vote in Rajya Sabha polls

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, recently in prison following arrest in a cash laundering case, on Monday, approached a unique court docket right here in quest of bail for sooner or later to solid vote within the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections to 6 seats from the state.

    Remaining week, Maharashtra’s former house minister Anil Deshmukh, who may be in prison on cash laundering fees, had filed a an identical software.

    On Monday, a unique court docket in Mumbai, designated to listen to instances associated with the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record its affidavit to each the programs (Malik and Deshmukh) and posted them for additional listening to on June 8.

    The Rajya Sabha polls are scheduled on June 10.

    Malik used to be arrested by means of the ED on February 23 this yr in reference to a money-laundering probe related to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    The NCP chief in his software sought to be launched on bail for an afternoon on June 10.

    Malik in his plea claimed that he’s an elected MLA and therefore, is accountability certain to constitute the citizens of his constituency in electing a consultant to the Rajya Sabha, and may be wanting to solid his vote within the aforesaid biennial elections.

    The 288-member Maharashtra Meeting paperwork the electoral school for the Rajya Sabha polls.

    Whilst the 2 NCP MLAS – Deshmukh and Malik- are recently in prison, one seat is mendacity vacant.

    Except for the 4 major events Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress and BJP, the Meeting has 25 MLAs from smaller events and Independents.

    The efficient election quota in keeping with candidate is 42.

    The BJP, which has 106 participants within the Area, has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik.

    The NCP has re-nominated former Union minister Praful Patel, whilst the Congress has fielded Imran Pratapgarhi.

    Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar are nominees of the Shiv Sena.

    The electoral contest for the 6th Rajya Sabha seat lies between BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Pawar.

  • Mallikarjun Kharge, Bhupesh Baghel appointed observers forward of Rajya Sabha polls

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Forward of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed senior celebration leaders, together with Mallikarjun Kharge and Bhupesh Baghel, as observers.

    Whilst Kharge has been made the observer for Maharashtra, Baghel and Rajeev Shukla had been made observers for Haryana, and Pawan Kumar Bansal and T S Singh Deo for Rajasthan.

    The Congress is looking for to make sure that its applicants win the Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, whilst the BJP has put its weight at the back of unbiased applicants in Haryana and Rajasthan.

    AICC basic secretary Ajay Maken is the Congress candidate from Haryana, the place two seats have fallen vacant.

    The Congress and the BJP are more likely to get one seat every, however the BJP has sponsored media baron Kartikeya Sharma as an unbiased.

    Sharma is the son of Venod Sharma and son-in-law of former Haryana Speaker Kuldeep Sharma.

    Each are thought to be on the subject of former Haryana leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

    Congress wishes 31 votes to win the seat and has as many MLAs.

    The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) is banking on cross-voting.

    For the 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded 3 applicants — Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari.

    Whilst Congress is bound to get two seats, it wishes 15 extra votes to win the 3rd seat of Tiwari.

    The BJP has fielded its former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, and sponsored media baron Subhash Chandra as an unbiased for the second one seat.

    In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena and the BJP will struggle it out for the 6th seat of Rajya Sabha as not one of the seven applicants within the fray — 4 of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and 3 of the BJP — withdrew their nominations on Friday.

    The Congress has additionally fielded every other candidate Mansoor Ali Khan in Karnataka, the place the election shall be hung on June 10 for 4 seats.

    Jairam Ramesh is the opposite Congress candidate.

    The Congress is anticipating 3 seats in Rajasthan and the BJP is anticipating one in all its personal and is supporting an unbiased and Subhash Chandra for the fourth seat.

    In the meantime, just about 70 Congress MLAs from Rajasthan are tenting at a resort in Udaipur forward of the Rajya Sabha elections to the 4 seats by which the celebration fears horse-trading via the opposition BJP, celebration resources stated.

    The Congress, with its 108 MLAs within the state meeting, is about to win two seats.

    After successful the 2 seats, the celebration may have 26 surplus votes, 15 in need of the specified 41 to win the 3rd seat.

    Then again, the BJP has 71 MLAs within the state meeting and is about to win one seat and then it is going to be left with 30 surplus votes.

    The Congress has additionally shifted its MLAs in Haryana to a hotel in Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.

    Of the 57 vacancies in Rajya Sabha, 41 applicants in 11 states have thus far been elected unopposed.

    The elections shall be held for 16 seats in 4 states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana and Karnataka.