Vice President Election: Akali Dal abstains after BRS and BJD; how will it impact Sudarshan Reddy vs CP Radhakrishnan race?

https://ift.tt/eOB7iTC Vice Presidential election on Tuesday eyes NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan having an edge with 427 MPs, well above the majority mark of 391, supporting him for the post. A BJP leader had said that the NDA candidate is expected to garner at least 427 votes. In the Lok Sabha, Radhakrishnan is expected to receive 293 votes, and 134 votes are likely to be cast in his favour in the Rajya Sabha. The Opposition's candidate, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, is backed by 354 MPs, with 249 in the Lower House and 105 in the Upper House of the Parliament. Ahead of the election, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have decided to abstain from the Vice Presidential elections, bringing a different to poll arithmetic.

donewssuper.blogspot.com Varsha Agarwal