Voting will be held on Tuesday for the Vice Presidential election. BJD and BRS have decided not to vote. The polling will run in the Parliament House complex from 10 am to 5 pm. Results are expected to come by late evening.
Vice Presidential Election: Voting for the Vice Presidential election is going to be held on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, Odisha’s main opposition party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Telangana’s party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have announced that their MPs will not vote. Both party center is not part of the ruling alliance NDA at the center. His decision may reduce the votes received by the opposition candidate. This will benefit NDA.
BJD has maintained distance from NDA and India blocks
The BJD is led by former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik. This party has said that its MPs will not attend the election. She is running a policy of equal distance from BJP -led NDA and Congress -led India block. BJD MP SST Patra said that Naveen Patnaik has taken this decision after deliberations with senior leaders, members of the political affairs committee and MPs. They said,
Our entire focus is on the development of the state and 4.5 crore people here.
Let me tell you that this is not the first time BJD has decided not to participate in the election. BJD MPs did not vote in the 2012 Vice Presidential elections.
What did BJP and Congress leaders say on BJP’s decision?
BJP leader and Union Minister Juel Oram said, “Naveen Babu has indirectly supported the NDA candidate by deciding to be absent from voting for BJD MPs.” BJP MP Pradeep Purohit said, “He has not opposed our candidate.” Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das said,
Being absent from voting means supporting BJP. It was an opportunity for the BJD to prove that it was against the saffron camp.
BRS said- farmers are not getting urea, will not vote
BRS Executive Chairman KT Rama Rao said that farmers are not getting urea in Telangana. Therefore, his party MPs will not vote in the Vice Presidential elections. They said,
The shortage of urea is so high that there is a scuffle between the farmers engaged in the line. Both Congress and BJP did not resolve this crisis. We will stay away from voting. If the NOTA option was available, BRS would like to use it.
NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan has a big lead
NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan’s victory margin is expected to increase. The NDA alliance has a clear majority of 427 MPs (293 Lok Sabha, 134 Rajya Sabha). On the other hand, India Block candidate B Sudarshan Reddy does not seem to get votes from all opposition parties. The total polling numbers have decreased due to BJD and BRS not participating in voting. Now the majority figure is being reported as 386.
Voting will be held for Vice Presidential election from 10 am to 5 pm
Please tell that in the Vice Presidential election, NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan was contested by the opposition’s joint candidate B.K. Sudarshan is from Reddy. The seat has been vacant due to the resignation by former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Voting will be held in the Parliament House complex from 10 am to 5 pm on Tuesday. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs will vote. The counting of votes will begin from 6 pm. The result is expected to come by late evening. The election will be held through secret voting and there is no obligation for MPs to cast their votes.