Rajya Sabha Election 2017: Congress, BJP spar over three seats in high-drama battle

Rajya Sabha Election 2017: Congress, BJP spar over three seats in high-drama battle

FP Staff August 9, 2017, 03:10:27 IST

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was elected to Rajya Sabha for a fifth term in a hard-fought battle on Tuesday

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BJP national president Amit Shah casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election at the Secretariat in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI

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Shah flashes victory sign after casting his vote in Gujarat Rajya Sabha election, in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI

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Congress leader Ahmed Patel after casting vote for the Rajya Sabha election at the Secretariat in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Patel clinched victory in a close battle, the results of which were declared late on Tuesday night. PTI

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Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani flashes victory sign after casting her vote in Gujarat Rajya Sabha election, in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI

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Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil casts his vote for Rajya Sabha election at the Secretariat in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI

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Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs outside the counting centre of Rajya Sabha election votes at Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Counting of votes were suspended for seven hours following Congress seeking disqualification of votes from two rebel MLAs. PTI

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A delegation of BJP leaders including Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and others also met officials of the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday seeking counting of votes to begin. PTI

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Congress leaders P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, Ghulam Nabi Azad coming out of the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI

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Shah with Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and MLAs outside the counting centre of Rajya Sabha election at Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI

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