Congress May Lose A Rajya Sabha Seat In Assam To BJP, Says MLA "Wasted" Vote
NDTV
The vote count for the Congress-led opposition's candidate has gone down with the Congress suspending an MLA for allegedly wasting his vote by writing "One" instead of "1" on the ballot paper.
The Congress could be on the verge of losing a Rajya Sabha seat to the BJP in Assam, where elections to two seats in the upper house of parliament took place today.
The vote count for the Congress-led opposition's candidate has gone down with the Congress suspending an MLA for allegedly wasting his vote by writing "One" instead of "1" on the ballot paper.
Congress MLA and former minister Siddique Ahmed's suspension hits the prospects of his party's Ripun Bora.
Siddique Ahmed has "deliberately disobeyed the three-line whip", the Congress said in a statement.
