Overview

• Parliament votes on 9 September in a direct contest between INDIA bloc’s B Sudarshan Reddy and NDA’s C P Radhakrishnan, with results due the same day.
• BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya questioned Reddy’s integrity after his recent meeting with Lalu Prasad Yadav, citing Yadav’s fodder scam conviction and posting a photo of the interaction.
• Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut urged MPs to vote with conscience and raised questions about former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar’s public absence.
• Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske rebuked Raut’s remarks, accusing him of seeking publicity and asserting the UBT faction lacks numbers.
• MPs from both houses will cast secret ballots without a whip, cross-voting remains possible, and YSRCP has declared support for the NDA nominee.