CHANDIGARH: The counting for Haryana's two Rajya Sabha seats was halted for almost nine hours after the voting closed on Friday after the ruling BJP party and independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, supported by the BJP-JJP combine, urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to cancel the votes of two Congress MLAs.
Uncertainty over the outcome of the complaints ended after the long delay as the ECI directed the returning officer to start counting all the polled votes in the state.
