Photo: Murali Kumar12.00: Verbal duel breaks out between SP MLA Hazi Zamerullah Khan & BJP MLA Raghunandan Singh Badauriya during the Rajya Sabha polls in Lucknow. After Mr. Rawat who is the Congress chief whip in the Assembly, BJP MLA Girish Gautam cast his vote. Congress MLAs Nirmala Devi and Devendra Singh are also facing arrest warrants in separate cases. The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea of a BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh seeking modification of an earlier order to enable him to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha polls on June 11. Read more11.15 a.m.: Polling was briefly halted and commenced minutes later, after a verbal duel broke out between SP MLA Hazi Zamerullah Khan and BJP MLA Raghunandan Singh Badauriya over their candidates.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2016 05:19 UTC