NCP spokesperson, Nawab Malik said that the party is firmly standing in support of Meira Kumar and the rumor that NCP MPs and MLAs are voting for the NDA presidential candidate is false. All the rumors are baseless and are meant to be ignored. the party has been with Kumar throughout her candidature process and during the filing of her nomination papers.
BJP is hoping to increase its vote bank from 186 to 205 with a split in the UPA camp. Sources in the NDA camp said Independent MLA Ravi Rana has claimed that about 14 to 15 MLAs from the opposition Congress-NCP led UPA camp are in touch with the BJP-led NDA camp.
In the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, the BJP has 122 members, Sena-63, Congress-42, NCP-41, Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP-I)- three, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA)- three, MIM – two, MNS, Samajwadi Party, BBM, CPI-M and RSP – one each and Independents – seven. Of the 48 Lok Sabha members from the state, 23 are from the BJP, 18 from the Shiv Sena, four of the NCP, two from the Congress and one independent.
Out of the 19 Rajya Sabha members from the state, the BJP and the NCP have five each, Congress-four, Sena-three, and RPI-A and Independent-one each.
It is clear that out of 355 votes which comprise of 288 MLAs the BJP-led NDA has 248 votes that comprise 199 MLAs and 49 MPs.