C’garh lawmakers to vote in Prez polls today

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Chhattisgarh lawmakers will vote in the presidential polls on Monday.

The voting is to be held at a committee hall in the Assembly premises from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., an official communication said.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded former Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu as its candidate while the opposition has roped in former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha.

The President is to be elected by an electoral        college consisting of           legislators from state assemblies as well assemblies of Union Territories across the country and the elected members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Counting of votes is to be done in New Delhi on Thursday.

The value of votes of Chhattisgarh legislators is 129 while MPs have a vote value of 700.

In the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly, the Congress has 71 MLAs, BJP 14 while JCC (J) and BSP have three and two members respectively.

Of the 11 Lok Sabha MPs from the state, nine are from the BJP and two belong to the ruling Congress. The Congress has four Rajya Sabha members in the state and the BJP one.

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