RS Deputy Chairman election: YSR Congress to vote against NDA candidate

Hyderabad: The YSR Congress party on Tuesday decided to vote against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election.

Party leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaysai Reddy announced that the party will vote against Janta Dal-United (JD-U) MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA’s candidate.

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The YSR Congress, the main opposition party in Andhra Pradesh, has two members in the upper House of Parliament.

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The party had earlier backed NDA candidates in the presidential and vice presidential elections.

–IANS