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YOU WONT BELIEVE: In a first assam assembly conducts ballot voting on resolution | Mind Blowing Facts

For the first time in its history, the Assam Assembly on February 23 witnessed voting with ballot paper while deciding the fate of a private member's resolution brought in by Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi.

The resolution on irrigation system was rejected by just nine votes.

Out of 77 MLAs in the BJP-led alliance, the Government garnered 39 votes. 30 votes were polled in favour of the resolution from 47 opposition MLAs, including five Congress members with allegiance to the Government.

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