Knives out in INDIA bloc over cross-voting in V-P poll

THE row over the claims of cross-voting in the Vice Presidential election deepened on Wednesday with allegations flying thick and fast in the ruling NDA and the INDIA bloc camps blaming each other on the issue.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

While Union ministers and senior BJP leaders took aim at the opposition for the fissures in their ranks, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged 'Vote theft' in the Vice President election, in which NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan was elected with 'more than expected' margin.

Knives were out in the Opposition camp too, with Trinamool Congress (TMC) hinting at the possibility of cross-voting by AAP members. Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee asserted that all of the 41 members voted for opposition nominee B. Sudershan Reddy.