Guj RS poll: Counting stalls after BJP complaint, resumes

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : Aug 09 2017 | 1:57 AM IST
Counting of votes for Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls was stalled for some time after BJP claimed two more Congress MLAs violated election rules by showing ballots to unauthorised people.
However, it resumed after some time, sources in the Congress and BJP said.
Earlier, the Congress itself had petitioned the Election Commission to cancel the votes of its two MLAs--Bholabhai Gohil and Raghavjibhai Patel- for having shown the ballots to a person who was not the authorised representative of the party.

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First Published: Aug 09 2017 | 1:57 AM IST

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