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AP Chief Minister casts vote in presidential election

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Press Trust of India Amaravati
Last Updated : Jul 17 2017 | 12:28 PM IST
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao led the MLAs in casting their votes for the presidential election in Andhra Pradesh today.
Naidu was the first to cast his vote followed by Kodela at the polling booth in the state Assembly's committee hall.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party MLAs then cast their votes.
The four BJP MLAs also cast their votes along with their ally.
Leader of Opposition and YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy led his party MLAs in the polling process.
All the 175 MLAs in the AP Assembly, including those of the lone opposition YSRC, had earlier pledged their support to NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.
From Andhra Pradesh, the Congress has only four members in the Rajya Sabha and none in the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly.

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First Published: Jul 17 2017 | 12:28 PM IST

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