On Friday, voting began for the elections to fill the vacant 18 seats in Rajya Sabha. The polls to the Upper House seats from seven states were earlier scheduled to be held on March 26. However, they were deferred in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to reports, in Madhya Pradesh, buses carrying Congress MLAs, left from party leader Kamal Nath's residence, for the state Legislative Assembly in Bhopal for voting. State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also cast his vote. Meanwhile, three buses, carrying BJP MLAs, reached Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in Jaipur.
The voting started from 9.00 am and will be continued till 4.00 pm. The counting will take place at 5.00 pm. The polling is being held for the states of Andhra Pradesh (four seats), Gujarat (four seats), Jharkhand (two seats), Madhya Pradesh (three seats), Manipur (one seat), Meghalaya (one seat) and Rajasthan (three seats). The polling process has been marred with controversy as the Congress recently alleged that BJP was engaged in horse-trading.
Here are some pictures of Rajya Sabha election:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy cast his
Rajasthan Chief Minister Askok Ghelot casts his vote
