Mumbai BJP leader <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/cheating-case-court-grants-interim-protection-from-arrest-to-bjp-functionary-mohit-kamboj-23229892" rel="nofollow">Mohit Kamboj </a>on Monday claimed that three of his party MLAs indulged in &ldquo;cross-voting&rdquo; in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/two-candidates-each-of-shiv-sena-ncp-and-4-of-bjp-win-maharashtra-legislative-council-polls-23232415" rel="nofollow">Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.</a>
This comes even as the BJP won all five seats it contested in the elections on Monday.
In a WhatsApp message that went viral, Kamboj, who has worked as the BJP`s Mumbai unit functionary, said, &ldquo;We got 134 votes while one vote was wasted. Three BJP MLAs cross-voted. Three MLAs of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi did not vote for us.&rdquo;
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The BJP had fielded five candidates - Pravin Darekar, Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad - of which the first four bagged the minimum quota of votes required to win the poll in the first round of counting. Lad won in the second round, while Congress` Chandrakant Handore lost.
Kamboj is known for his proximity to senior BJP leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Earlier, reacting to the party`s victory, Fadnavis had said, &ldquo;There is a lot of speculation about cross-voting, etc, but I alone know who voted for which candidate. I thank all the independent MLAs and small parties for their support.&rdquo; Kamboj was not available for comments over his WhasApp post.
(With inputs from PTI)

The BJP had fielded five candidates - Pravin Darekar, Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad

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