Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman poll: These parties are backing the NDA
New Delhi, Aug 9: The NDA appears to be completely united ahead of the elections to the post of deputy chairman, Rajya Sabha. The list of notices suggest that the NDA the NDA has put its complete weight behind the JD(U)'s Harivansh.
The list of notices suggest that these parties are backing the NDA candidate:
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Janata Dal (United)
- Republican Party of India (RPI)
- Shiv Sena
- Akali Dal
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
- The TRS and the BJD too are most likely to back the NDA in this election.
Dy. Chairman polls: Rajya Sabha numbers, party wise
The
AAP
appears
to
be
clearly
upset
and
complained
that
it
had
not
been
approached
by
the
Congress.
AAP
leader
Sanjay
Singh
said,
if
they
call
and
ask
for
our
support,
we
will
back
the
Congress.
It
is
meaningless
to
vote
compulsively,
if
they
don't
need
it.
If
Rahul
Gandhi
can
hug
Narendra
Modi,
why
can't
he
ask
Arvind
Kejriwal
for
support,
he
also
said.
It
is
however
yet
to
be
seen
if
the
four
DMK
MPs
would
be
present
during
the
voting.
The
MPs had rushed to Chennai following the demise of M Karunanidhi. The opposition expects at least 3 of them would return to Delhi to vote. The YSRCP is most likely to abstain. It may not back the Congress, especially in an open ballot voting.
The TDP on the other hand has made it clear that it would back the Congress candidate.