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Oscar upbeat about Congress' victory in Rajya Sabha elections

Published On : 08 Jun 2016   |  Reported By : Courtesy: DHNS   |  Pic On: photo credit: DHNS


Bengaluru, DHNS: Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday expressed confidence that the party will win all three seats it is contesting.

Fernandes said the party has the required numbers to win three of the four Rajya Sabha seats. The party high command took the decision to field the third candidate as it was convinced about the support it has. He, however, refused to comment on reports of horsetrading ahead of the elections scheduled for June 11.

Jairam Ramesh and K C Ramamurthy are the other candidates. All three candidates are busy personally meeting Congress MLAs to seek their support in the elections and visited the KPCC office on Queen’s Road on Tuesday. They also spoke to party MLAs over phone.

On the TV sting showing some independent MLAs discussing sale of votes, Fernandes said there was nothing new in the sting operation. “I don’t know why they call it a sting operation. They (media persons) have asked something and they (Independent MLAs) have said something in reply,” he added. He, however, refused to comment on some independent MLAs demanding huge sums of money for their votes in the Rajya Sabha polls. “As I am a candidate in the elections, it is not appropriate on my part to comment on the issue,” he added.

On the demand that the Rajya Sabha elections should be countermanded in the wake of the sting operation, he said the Election Commission of India (ECI) is seized of the matter, and it will take an appropriate decision.

The ruling Congress can easily win two Rajya Sabha seats. But it needs the support of at least 13 non-Congress MLAs to win the third seat. The party has been struggling to woo independent MLAs and legislators of smaller parties. The JD(S) is also trying to seek independent MLAs’ support as party candidate B M Farook is short of the required numbers.

However, Farook, a JD(S) Rajya Sabha candidate, sounds more confident about winning than his party state president H?D?Kumaraswamy. “Though it seems like we don’t have the numbers, I am sure I will win. Till the last day of the elections, anything can happen,” he said, when asked about the shortage of numbers in the party.

When his reaction was sought to the JD(S)’s repeated appeals to the Election Commission to countermand the polls, he said he would welcome it. He denied his party was seeking suspension of the polls due to lack of confidence or the numbers. BJP’s candidate and Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to visit Bengaluru on June 9.







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