A see-saw battle of ballots in UP MLC counting

Lucknow, Oct 27 (UNI) A see-saw battle of ballots is being witnessed in the counting for the 11 teacher and graduate MLC seats in Uttar Pradesh. Though officially the counting commenced at 0800 hrs on Tuesday, it took around six hours to make the bundle of the ballot papers. However, allegations and counter allegations between the BJP and SP candidates have further delayed the process. In several seats not even the first round of counting was completed by 6 pm. According to initial reports, in the Varanasi teacher seat, 1,000 votes were counted at 14 tables in the first round.…