Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanks MLAs who cross-voted for Droupadi Murmu| Watch

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday thanked opposition lawmakers from his state who had cross-voted for Droupadi Murmu in Thursday's presidential election. Murmu, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, secured an emphatic win over Yashwant Sinha, the oppostition nominee, with reports indicating several Congress MLAs had defied party orders in casting their votes. In a video message shared on Twitter, Chouhan said that in Madhya Pradesh Murmu had received votes in addition to those from the BJP.

"Smt Draupadi Murmu ji has got votes in addition to the Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh for the post of President. I extend my heartfelt thanks to those MLA colleagues of other parties, who have voted on the voice of conscience to make Mrs Draupadi Murmu ji the President," he said in a video posted on Twitter.