07-22-2008, 07:29 PM
Either Advani bungled up as the biggest holes were in his ship or he engineered it. We'll never know.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apart from cross voting, 10 NDA MPs absented from the House during voting.
Suspended BJP MPs <b>Sombhai Patel, Babubhai Katara, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Chandrabhan Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Haribhau Rathod (Maharashtra), Manjunath (Karnataka) and Sangliana (Bangalore)</b> voted for the motion, admitted BJP leaders. Woman MP from Udupi <b>Manorama Madhwaraj </b>absented herself during voting after being present earlier in the day.
<b>PP Koya (Lakshadweep) </b>and <b>Ramswarup Prasad (Nalanda)</b> 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 <b>Tukaram Renge</b> was absent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Cross voting and absentees
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apart from cross voting, 10 NDA MPs absented from the House during voting.
Suspended BJP MPs <b>Sombhai Patel, Babubhai Katara, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Chandrabhan Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Haribhau Rathod (Maharashtra), Manjunath (Karnataka) and Sangliana (Bangalore)</b> voted for the motion, admitted BJP leaders. Woman MP from Udupi <b>Manorama Madhwaraj </b>absented herself during voting after being present earlier in the day.
<b>PP Koya (Lakshadweep) </b>and <b>Ramswarup Prasad (Nalanda)</b> 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 <b>Tukaram Renge</b> was absent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Cross voting and absentees
