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On the other hand former chief minister and senior congress leader Digvijaya Singh also said that it was a matter of investigation and he would have a discussion with leader of opposition Govind Singh in this regard.

Senior Congress party leaders have started fearing poaching of party candidates in the run-up to the Assembly elections scheduled later this year.

After NDAs nominee Droupadi Murmu defeated joint Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential poll held on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed that many non-BJP MLAs from the state had voted for Murmu.

The lone vote in Kerala sparked a debate as Sinha was expected to corner all the votes in the state en bloc.

In sobering news for Mamata Banerjee, the BJP has claimed that quite a few of her party MPs and MLAs cross-voted in Droupadi Murmu's favour.

Sawant said the BJP and its allies have the support of 25 MLAs, but Murmu polled 28 votes from Goa.

After all the 40 MLAs in the Goa Legislative assembly cast their votes for the Presidential election on Monday, there are talks about the possibility of cross-voting by some Congress legislators.

After cross-voting cost in the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana and legislative council elections in Maharashtra, the Congress is taking extra precaution to rally its MLAs for the Presidential polls to be held on Monday.

After suspected cross-voting in Maharashtra MLC elections, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent meeting of all Shiv Sena MLAs on Tuesday.

Shobha Rani Kushwaha had voted in favour of Congress candidate Pramod Tiwari instead of BJP candidate Ghanshyam Tiwari in the Rajya Sabha elections.