8 MLAs suspended for cross voting in RS polls

JD(S) today has come out seriously against the cross voting issue in the party and has suspended its 8 rebel MLAs who voted against its official candidate and supported Congress in the biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka. Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and Congress' Jairam Ramesh, Oscar Fernandes and KC Ramamurthy had won Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka.