Bengaluru, Feb 27: Amid cross-voting fears, voting in the elections for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka went under way on Tuesday, with the ruling Congress claiming it could get support from the rival camp.
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While S T Somashekar, the Yeshwanthapura MLA, cast a “vote of conscience”, former minister Shivaram Hebbar ignored the party whip and did not cast his vote.
The Congress claimed the support of two independents and Darshan Puttanaiah from Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha, and was confident of winning three seats. Interestingly, the fourth one - G Janardhana Reddy (of Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha) met the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday.