New Delhi, 19/6: Cross-voting on Thursday cost the Congress a seat in Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand, with the ruling BJP benefitting from the victory of NDA-backed independent Parimal Nathwani, improving its tally to 152 from 149 in the Upper House
Congress was quick to blame allies RJD and CPI(ML)L for “betrayal” by not voting for its candidate Pranav Jha, who is in-charge of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s office, even as CPI(ML)L General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya rejected any cross-voting.
