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Which way will the Opposition sway in the President's election?

Evidence suggests massive cross-voting will take place in President election

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Where will the Opposition suffer the biggest haemorrhage in the next few weeks? Evidence suggests that massive cross-voting will take place in the election for the President within the socialist parivar, specifically in the Samajwadi Party. The fault lines are like this: Mulayam Singh Yadav has already declared he likes Ram Nath Kovind, the ruling National Democratic Alliance’s candidate. He said Kovind was a decent man and the Bharatiya Janata Party had named a fine person to become the next President of India. His deputy, Shivpal Yadav, has begun working to sound out party Assembly members and persuade them to