Resort Politics, Cross-Voting Concerns Amid Karnataka Rajya Sabha Polls

To fill four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, the Congress shifted all its MLAs to a private resort on Monday, signaling concerns about potential cross-voting. The election, taking place today, features five candidates, including Ajay Maken, Syed Naseer Hussain, and GC Chandrasekhar from the Congress, Narayansa Bhandage from the BJP, and Kupendra Reddy from JD(S). The voting began at 9 am and will go on till 4 pm before the counting begins at 5 pm. The MLAs, who were holed up in a hotel yesterday, traveled together by bus from the hotel to Vidhana Soudha today to cast their votes.