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Janata Dal (Secular) to abstain from voting in Vice Prez poll
The Janata Dal (Secular) will abstain from voting in Friday's Vice Presidential poll and will maintain an equidistance from both Congress and the BJP.
"The National Executive of the Janata Dal (Secular) has committed itself time and again to maintaining an equidistance with both Congress and BJP at the national level, JD(S) President and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda said announcing party's decision.
He said the party also not supporting the Third Front candidate.
JD(S), which is sharing power with BJP in Karnataka, has four members in Parliament -- two each in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The party had maintained a similar stand during the recent Presidential poll and after wide ranging consultations with its leaders and MPs, it decided to have same posture in the Vice Presidential poll too, Deve Gowda said in a party release.
He said the party would, however, not issue any whip to its MPs.
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