Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi’s Hyderabad based outfit AIMIM has decided to vote in favour of the Congress candidate Imran Pratapgarhi for the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra for which the polling is underway.

The announcement was made by the AIMIM Lok Sabha member from Aurangabad Imtiaz Jaleel hours before the polling started from 9 am.

A large number of supporters have started gathering outside the Vidhan Bhavan for Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Imran Pratapgarhi and are praying for his victory.

Two AIMIM MLAs from Maharashtra have been asked to vote for Congress candidate Imran Pratapgarhi for Rajya Sabha seat. The party have extended its best wishes to him to defeat BJP, the AIMIM said.

The AIMIM has decided to vote for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The political/ideological differences however will continue with Shiv Sena which is a partner in MVA government along with Congress and the NCP, the AIMIM Aurangabad MP Imtiyaz Jaleel tweeted.

Seven candidates are contesting for the six seats from Maharashtra where polling is being held today.

After more than two decades, Maharashtra is witnessing a contest in the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven candidates for six seats. The polling process was started at 9 am and end at 4 pm.

The 288-member Legislative Assembly is the electoral college for the elections. But the total votes have come down to 285 since there is a vacancy due to the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke and a special court on Thursday rejecting the pleas filed by minister Nawab Malik and former minister Anil Deshmukh seeking a day’s bail to vote in the elections.

The Bombay High Court has rejected Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik’s plea seeking release from jail to cast vote in Rajya Sabha elections.

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