As voting for the vice-presidential polls gets underway, several MPs have abstained after their parties announced a boycott. While lawmakers cast their ballots between RSS-BJP veteran C P Radhakrishnan and jurist Sudershan Reddy, these parties have chosen to stay away, refusing to pick a side. So far, three parties have announced a boycott of the vice-presidential polls.

Biju Janata Dal

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Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and declared that its MPs will not vote in the vice presidential polls, stating the party’s policy of “maintaining equal distance” from NDA and India bloc at the national level.

The BJD has seven MPs in the Rajya Sabha — Niranjan Bishi, Sulata Deo, Muzibulla Khan, Subhasish Khuntia, Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, Sasmit Patra, a

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