Guwahati: For the first time, Congress will have no representation in Rajya Sabha After elections on four seats from North East AssamTripura and Nagaland washed away BJP and one of his associates.
While the BJP won the Tripura seat on its own and the Nagaland seat unopposed, in Assam, the opposition’s cross voting and invalid votes led the BJP and its ally UPPL to victory in both the seats.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Our strategy was to trust the conscience by the MLAs. We have got seven votes from the Congress MLAs.”
In the 126-member Assam Assembly, the BJP and its allies lacked the four votes needed to win both seats, while the opposition was comfortably placed with enough votes to contest one seat.
Following Thursday’s decision by legislators from three states, the NDA now has 13 of the 14 seats in the Upper House from the region. One seat from Assam is held by an independent. The Congress lost two seats in Assam. One seat went to BJP and the other to UPPL. The BJP also won the Nagaland seat, which was held by its ally NPF, unopposed. On the other hand, the CPM lost its seat to the BJP in Tripura.
BJP’s Pabitra Margherita and UPPL’s Ravangra Narzari won two seats, while Congress’s candidate and sitting Rajya Sabha MP ripun bagThose who were the common candidates of the United Opposition had to face defeat.
BJP candidate and party state president in Tripura ruby co: He won by defeating CPM candidate, former minister and sitting MLA Bhanu Lal Saha.
In Nagaland, BJP’s S Phangnon Konyak created history in state politics and became the first woman to be elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Counting of votes for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam was delayed by over five hours after the Election Commission began hearing complaints from the opposition Congress that five MLAs, including three from the ruling BJP, have allegedly violated election rules. The counting of votes began at 10.25 pm after the Election Commission dismissed all the complaints of the Congress.
Congress complained to the Election Commission that its suspended MLA Shashikant Das, BPF MLA Durgadas Boro And three BJP MLAs – Hitendra Nath Goswami, Ganesh Limbu and Sanjay Kishan – have violated the rules of the election while casting their votes.
Senior leaders including Assam AICC in-charge Jitendra Singh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and state party president Bhupen Kumar Bora in a video conference urged the Chief Election Commissioner to cancel the votes of the five MLAs and take action against them.
The spokesperson said the Congress submitted video and documentary evidence alleging violation of the party whip by its suspended MLA and election rules by other MLAs. Congress suspended MLA Siddiqui Ahmed for “deliberately” not following procedure and violating whip.
While the BJP won the Tripura seat on its own and the Nagaland seat unopposed, in Assam, the opposition’s cross voting and invalid votes led the BJP and its ally UPPL to victory in both the seats.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Our strategy was to trust the conscience by the MLAs. We have got seven votes from the Congress MLAs.”
In the 126-member Assam Assembly, the BJP and its allies lacked the four votes needed to win both seats, while the opposition was comfortably placed with enough votes to contest one seat.
Following Thursday’s decision by legislators from three states, the NDA now has 13 of the 14 seats in the Upper House from the region. One seat from Assam is held by an independent. The Congress lost two seats in Assam. One seat went to BJP and the other to UPPL. The BJP also won the Nagaland seat, which was held by its ally NPF, unopposed. On the other hand, the CPM lost its seat to the BJP in Tripura.
BJP’s Pabitra Margherita and UPPL’s Ravangra Narzari won two seats, while Congress’s candidate and sitting Rajya Sabha MP ripun bagThose who were the common candidates of the United Opposition had to face defeat.
BJP candidate and party state president in Tripura ruby co: He won by defeating CPM candidate, former minister and sitting MLA Bhanu Lal Saha.
In Nagaland, BJP’s S Phangnon Konyak created history in state politics and became the first woman to be elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Counting of votes for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam was delayed by over five hours after the Election Commission began hearing complaints from the opposition Congress that five MLAs, including three from the ruling BJP, have allegedly violated election rules. The counting of votes began at 10.25 pm after the Election Commission dismissed all the complaints of the Congress.
Congress complained to the Election Commission that its suspended MLA Shashikant Das, BPF MLA Durgadas Boro And three BJP MLAs – Hitendra Nath Goswami, Ganesh Limbu and Sanjay Kishan – have violated the rules of the election while casting their votes.
Senior leaders including Assam AICC in-charge Jitendra Singh, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and state party president Bhupen Kumar Bora in a video conference urged the Chief Election Commissioner to cancel the votes of the five MLAs and take action against them.
The spokesperson said the Congress submitted video and documentary evidence alleging violation of the party whip by its suspended MLA and election rules by other MLAs. Congress suspended MLA Siddiqui Ahmed for “deliberately” not following procedure and violating whip.