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Mar 23, 2018 19:13:20 (IST)
M P Veerendra Kumar elected to Rajya Sabha from Kerala

The state president of the Janata Dal United Sharad Yadav faction, M P Veerendra Kumar, was today elected to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala. Mr Kumar, supported by the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF, polled 89 votes, while B Babu Prasad the opposition UDF candidate got 40 votes in the election held to one seat from the state mnews agency PTI reported. The election was held after the seat fell vacant when Mr Kumar resigned from the upper house of parliament as a mark of protest against JDU leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar joining hands with BJP-led NDA. In the 140-member assembly, the LDF has 90 MLAs while the UDF 41 legislators. One vote of the LDF supported candidate was declared invalid.

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