New Delhi: Voting for the presidential
election ends on Thursday in Parliament house and state capitals for electing a
new President of the country.
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| Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh casting his vote in the Presidential election at Parliament House. Photo Credit: PIB |
The voting, which began at 10 AM,
saw majority of BJP legislators polling their votes while only a few Congress
legislators arrived to vote.
Indian lawmakers Thursday voted
to elect a new president in what is a direct contest between ruling United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee and opposition-backed
P.A. Sangma.
Mukherjee, who had served in the
UPA government as finance minister before entering the presidential fray, is
the hot favourite to win the election.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
Congress president Sonia Gandhi accompanied Mukherjee as the leaders cast their
ballot one after the other amid camera flashlights.
Congress general secretary Rahul
Gandhi also voted shortly after.
P.A. Sangms is only opponent to
Pranab Mukherjee who does not have much support.
Mukherjee has
only one opponent who does not have much support.The president is elected
by 4,896 lawmakers in state assemblies and the national parliament in Delhi and
results will be announced on Sunday.