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AAP stays away from voting for RS deputy chairman election, slams Cong

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 09 2018 | 4:00 PM IST

The Rajya Sabha members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stayed away from voting for the election of the deputy chairman of the Upper House today, slamming the Congress as the "biggest" hurdle in the way of opposition unity.

"We stayed away from voting for the deputy chairman's election. We attended the House proceedings after that," AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh told PTI.

The party has three MPs in the Rajya Sabha from Delhi.

Bitter over not being asked by the Congress to vote in favour of Opposition candidate B K Hariprasad, Singh said, "The Congress is the biggest hurdle to opposition unity. How will he (Congress chief Rahul Gandhi) ensure the victory of his candidate, if he cannot ask for votes."

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First Published: Aug 09 2018 | 4:00 PM IST

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