Divided House: Several Congress MLAs Vote For Murmu

NEW DELHI: Even as polling for the Presidential election is underway, several Congress MLAs on Monday voted for NDA nominee Draupadi Murmu.

Congress MLAs in Odisha, Jharkhand and several other states voted for Murmu, instead of opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.

Odisha Congress MLA Mohammad Moquim also voted for Murmu. He later said, “I am a Congress MLA but I have voted for NDA’s Presidential candidate Murmu.”

He said that it was his personal decision. “I’ve listened to my heart which guided me to do something for the soil and that’s why voted for her,” he added.

According to party sources, almost 10 to 11 party MLAs have voted for Murmu instead of Sinha.

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