In UP Rajya Sabha Thriller, Counting Begins After Delay Amid Allegations
Rajya Sabha Election 2018: BJP worked to upstage the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati In UP Rajya Sabha Thriller, Counting Begins After Delay Amid Allegations - The race for a single Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh became a thriller on Friday as Mayawati faced the maneuvers of a BJP out for revenge after she helped the Samajwadi Party (SP) win two of its safest parliamentary seats just days ago. Mayawati, with 18 lawmakers, struggled to win the one seat her candidate is contesting, as her own party man cross-voted for the BJP and a few other votes turned out to be a no-go. Anil Kumar Singh, declared that he had cross-voted. "I am with Maharaj-ji (Yogi Adityanath)," he said. The counting of votes was stalled for some time as the SP and Mayawati's party complained against Mr Singh and Nitin Agrawal, who also had cross-voted. The Election Commission asked for security camera footage after both parties alleged that the lawmakers had not displayed their ballots to p...