It needs seven extra votes. Voting for the 13 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council began here on Friday. BJP too is finding it tough to find extra votes. The Rashtriya Lok Dal has decided that four of its eight MLA’s will vote for the Congress while the remaining would vote for SP candidates. The voting was preceeded by hectic lobbying till late Thursday with both the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress spreading out a lavish dinner for its legislators.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2016 06:45 UTC