Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar thanked Odisha’s BJD supreme and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for supporting NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh during the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election.
Modi and Nitish Kumar conveyed their thanks to Patnaik by speaking to him over phone on Friday.
Along with BJP president Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, both of them had sought Patnaik’s support which was a must for them to win the election.
The BJD’s nine votes helped JD-U MP Harivansh Singh win the election with a total of 125 votes, crossing the required majority mark of 119 votes on Thursday.
UPA candidate BK Hariprasad was defeated getting 105 votes.