NEW DELHI, Sept 8: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday said it will abstain from voting in the vice presidential polls, and asserted that the party remains “equidistant” from both the NDA and the INDIA bloc.
BJD leader Sasmit Patra also said his party’s priority is the “four-and-a-half crore people of Odisha”.
“(Following) discussions by our honourable party president, Mr Naveen Patnaik with the party’s senior leaders, Political Affairs Committee and MPs, the Biju Janata Dal has decided to abstain from the vice presidential elections tomorrow,” Patra said.
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“The BJD remains equidistant from both the NDA and INDIA alliances. We are focused on the development and welfare of Odisha and four-and-a-half crore people of Odisha,” he said.
The vice presidential election, a direct contest between ruling NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy, will take place in Parliament House, where members of both Houses of Parliament will cast their votes between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm on Tuesday. (PTI)
