Council polls: JD(S) trio cast vote for Congress candidate in Bengaluru

December 27, 2015

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Polling in the elections for 25 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council began at 8 am and will close at 4 pm today.

A total of 1,07,123 voters are eligible to vote in the exercise. Members of all urban and rural local bodies and MLAs are eligible to cast their vote.

Council polls

The Congress is fielding candidates in 21 constituencies, while the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) are fielding candidates in 20 and 18 constituencies respectively.

Earlier, JD(S) leaders, BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, TA Saravana and Akanda Srinivas Murthy, said that they have cast their votes in favor of Congress Candidate M Narayan Murthy in Bengaluru.

After casting his vote in BBMP office, Chamrajpete MLA Zameer said, "We have not received any order from our high command. Neither former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda nor HD Kumaraswamy has passed whip to our party. We were free to vote for any candidate of our choice."

Several leaders including Former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurapa, and Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda cast their votes in the morning.

The counting of votes will take place on December 30.

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