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The BJP on Friday won three out of the four seats in the Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka while the Congress bagged the fourth seat. The JD(S), which had fielded its lone candidate, drew a blank.
MLA K Srinivas Gowda cast his vote for the Congress candidate, while Gubbi MLA S R Srinivas put a blank ballot paper into the box, which will be counted as invalid, JD(S) legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy said, fuming at his colleagues. While Gowda accepted he voted for the Congress candidate, Srinivas rejected Kumaraswamy’s claim and insisted he voted for his party’s pick.
Despite not having the required number of votes to win, JD(S) fielded former MP D Kupendra Reddy as its candidate.A candidate requires the support of 45 MLAs to win a seat, but JD(S) has only 32 MLAs. Congress has rejected JD(S)’ request for support.
There was all-out fight for the fourth seat between Lehar Singh Siroya (BJP), Mansoor Ali Khan (Congress) and the JD(S) candidate. Interestingly, none of the three parties had the required votes to win the fourth seat, which is why they reached out to one another seeking support.
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