Presidential poll: Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol among 8 MPs who did not vote

New Delhi, July 18

Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol was among eight MPs who did not cast their vote in the Presidential election on Monday.

Office of the returning officer, the Rajya Sabha Secretary General, said among absentees were two MPs from the BJP; one each from Shiv Sena, Congress, DMK, SP, AIMIM and BSP.

Deol and union minister Sanjay Dhotre of the BJP did not vote. While Deol is abroad for medical treatment, Dhotre is hospitalized.

BSP’s Atul Singh, being incarcerated, could not vote.

Shiv Sena’s Gajanan Kirtikar and Hemant Godse were absent and AIMIM’s Imtiyaz Jaleel did not come.

ABSENTEES: BJP’s Sunny Deol and union minister Sanjay Dhotre; Congress’ Mohammad Sadiq; Shiv Sena’s Gajanan Kirtikar; BSP’s Atul Singh; AIMIM’s Imtiyaz Jaleel; Samajwadi Party’s Shafiqur Rahman Barq and DMK’s TR Paarivendhar