Prez polls: Turmoil in Odisha Congress after party MLA votes for Droupadi Murmu

Odisha Congress on Monday witnessed unease and turmoil after a party MLA from CuttackBarabati Mohammed Moquim voted for NDAs candidate Droupadi Murmu in the Presidential electionAfter casting his vote Mohammed Moquim told ANI that he voted according to his conscienceI am a Congress MLA but I have voted for NDAs Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu Its my personal decision as Ive listened to my heart which guided me to do something for the soil and thats why voted for her he saidOdisha Congress President Sarat Patnaik and CLP leader Narasingh Mishra held a meeting with party MLAs in state assembly after the votingThere is a sense of unease in the party over Moquim not adhering to the party lineAlso Read IN PHOTOS Droupadi Murmu the strong runner NDA candidate for presidential pollsSome party MLAs who did not wish to be quoted said Moquim should have gone with the partys decisionPatnaik said the Congress central leadership will be apprised of Moquim not voting according to the decision of the partyAll Congress MLAs decided to vote for Opposition Candidate Yashwant Sinha However we came to know from the media that one of our MLAs has not voted for Sinha and he also made some statement before media After examining his statement the high command will be apprised of the issue and the action will be taken as per its decision he saidMurmu hails from Odisha and has served as a minister in the stateMeanwhile in Assam All India United Democratic Front AIUDF MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya claimed that some Congress members had crossvoted in Presidential electionsSpeaking to ANI Barbhuiya said the number of Congress MLAs who voted for Murmu could be 20There was a Congress meeting yesterday it was attended by only twothree MLAs Only district president was there What was the need for a meeting in Assembly Clear that Congress is crossvoting it may be 20 plus You can see numbers on the day of result Barbhuiya saidNationalist Congress Party NCP MLA from Gujarat Kandhal Jadeja said he voted for MurmuSpeaking to reporters after casting his vote today the lone NCP MLA in Gujarat said that he voted for the NDA presidential candidate NCP has lent it support to Yashwant SinhaThe polling for Presidential election concluded at 5 pm on Monday The polling was held in a peaceful and orderly manner at all designated placesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever