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Rajya Sabha elections results: Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi loses in Himachal Pradesh; in Uttar Pradesh, BJP wins eight seats out of 10, one more than it was expected to win

Following claims by a section of news channels and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that supporters of Rajya Sabha winner from Congress Syed Nasir Hussain had raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans in the corridors of the Vidhana Soudha, the Bengaluru city police registered a suo motu case on Tuesday night.

BJP MLA cross-votes for Congress in Karnataka Rajya Sabha elections, defying party whip, leading to Congress victory.

Embarrassed by two of its MLAs S.T. Somashekhar and Shivaram Hebbar violating the party whip in Rajya Sabha polls, the BJP has decided to submit a letter to Speaker U. T. Khader seeking their disqualification from the Assembly membership. 

Karnataka Today newsletter: Congress bags three seats, BJP one in Rajya Sabha polls marred by cross-voting, and more

Congress candidates Ajay Maken, GC Chandrasekhar and Syed Naseer Hussain won the Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka. Read further on Dynamite News:

Naran Rathwa was a Minister of State for Railways in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2004, and had lost to Ramsinh Rathwa of the BJP in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

There are definite reports of cross-voting in all three states which may change electoral equations. Read further on Dynamite News:

Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav slammed the rebel MLAs and said that they did not have the courage to vote against the government. Read further on Dynamite News: