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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election: NDA's Harivansh wins with 125 votes
New Delhi, Aug 9: A post mostly held by the Congress was taken away by the NDA today after its candidate, Harivansh Narayan Singh won the elections to the post of deputy chairman, Rajya Sabha.
Singh bagged the support of 125 MPs in the Upper House, while his opponent B K Hariprasad fielded by a joint option secured 105 vote.
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Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad congratulated Harivansh Singh for winning the election.
In elections, some on wins and someone loses. But the Deputy Chairman is no longer a part of any single party. He belongs to the country now. In fact, I believe that Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the House should in-fact support the Opposition as they are more undernourished than that of the ruling party, he also said.
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Read in Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯಸಭೆ ಉಪಸಭಾಪತಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ: NDA ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗೆ ಗೆಲುವು