Rebel Congress leader and Radhanpur MLA
Alpesh Thakor and his close aide, Bayad MLA Dhavalsinh Zala, cross voted in favour of BJP candidates in Rajya Sabha bypolls on Friday. Shortly afterwards, they quit as Congress MLAs. Apart from them, all the other 69 Congress MLAs voted according to the party whip even as the BJP bagged both RS seats from Gujarat that were vacated by Amit Shah and Smriti Irani, who won their respective Lok Sabha seats in general elections held recently.
 

Rebel Congress leader and Radhanpur MLA
Alpesh Thakor and his close aide, Bayad MLA Dhavalsinh Zala, cross voted in favour of BJP candidates in Rajya Sabha bypolls on Friday. Shortly afterwards, they quit as Congress MLAs. Apart from them, all the other 69 Congress MLAs voted according to the party whip even as the BJP bagged both RS seats from Gujarat that were vacated by Amit Shah and Smriti Irani, who won their respective Lok Sabha seats in general elections held recently.