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BJP MPs were present in full force. Information or source was wrong.
I think JMM and Mamata did the magic.
Now Soren will be CM of Jharkhand, Mayawati will be fighting CBI, Laloo will be enjoying loot from Railways and Chara scam.
Manmohan will be enjoying bribes from all over world.
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The source said that his information was half which was an approx. But cross voting and absentee was done. I had mentioned that they need to poach only 2 MPs from each party to get their vote to win. It was a matter of 1-2 MPs from each party
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PTI | New Delhi
Posted online: July 22, 2008
Massive cross voting and abstentions from the Opposition, especially the NDA, helped the Government score a comfortable victory in the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday night, belying all predictions of a close contest.
Main opposition BJP was the worst sufferer with 6 of its MPs voting for the motion moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Leader of the Opposition LK Advani admitted as much when he said that 10 MPs crossed over to the other side.
Advani said that the real UPA strength was only 265 but they "managed" 10 more.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Husain said that the party had suffered in a major way because of desertions by MPs from Karnataka, where the party had recently scored a handsome victory in the Assembly elections.
Almost all the other NDA constituents -- BJD, JD(U), Shiv Sena and Akali Dal suffered from MPs, who defied their party whips.
Cracks also developed in the TDP and JD(S) on account of cross voting.
Apart from cross voting, 10 NDA MPs absented from the House during voting.
Suspended BJP MPs Sombhai Patel, Babubhai Katara, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Chandrabhan Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Haribhau Rathod (Maharashtra), Manjunath (Karnataka) and Sangliana (Bangalore) voted for the motion, admitted BJP leaders. Woman MP from Udupi Manorama Madhwaraj absented herself during voting after being present earlier in the day.
PP Koya (Lakshadweep) and Ramswarup Prasad (Nalanda) were the two JD(U) MPs. Two of BJD MPs were also believed to have cross voted. One Akali Dal MP is also said to have cross voted, while a Shiv Sena MP Tukaram Renge was absent.
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BJP MPs were present in full force. Information or source was wrong.
I think JMM and Mamata did the magic.
Now Soren will be CM of Jharkhand, Mayawati will be fighting CBI, Laloo will be enjoying loot from Railways and Chara scam.
Manmohan will be enjoying bribes from all over world.
[right][snapback]84866[/snapback][/right]
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The source said that his information was half which was an approx. But cross voting and absentee was done. I had mentioned that they need to poach only 2 MPs from each party to get their vote to win. It was a matter of 1-2 MPs from each party
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Cross voting, abstention help UPA scrape through
</b>
PTI | New Delhi
Posted online: July 22, 2008
Massive cross voting and abstentions from the Opposition, especially the NDA, helped the Government score a comfortable victory in the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday night, belying all predictions of a close contest.
Main opposition BJP was the worst sufferer with 6 of its MPs voting for the motion moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Leader of the Opposition LK Advani admitted as much when he said that 10 MPs crossed over to the other side.
Advani said that the real UPA strength was only 265 but they "managed" 10 more.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Husain said that the party had suffered in a major way because of desertions by MPs from Karnataka, where the party had recently scored a handsome victory in the Assembly elections.
Almost all the other NDA constituents -- BJD, JD(U), Shiv Sena and Akali Dal suffered from MPs, who defied their party whips.
Cracks also developed in the TDP and JD(S) on account of cross voting.
Apart from cross voting, 10 NDA MPs absented from the House during voting.
Suspended BJP MPs Sombhai Patel, Babubhai Katara, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Chandrabhan Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Haribhau Rathod (Maharashtra), Manjunath (Karnataka) and Sangliana (Bangalore) voted for the motion, admitted BJP leaders. Woman MP from Udupi Manorama Madhwaraj absented herself during voting after being present earlier in the day.
PP Koya (Lakshadweep) and Ramswarup Prasad (Nalanda) were the two JD(U) MPs. Two of BJD MPs were also believed to have cross voted. One Akali Dal MP is also said to have cross voted, while a Shiv Sena MP Tukaram Renge was absent.
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