Rising Bengal News Bureau: Voting begins for Presidential election MPs queue up at Parliament House State Assemblies also voting Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha gives special message to BJP MPs and MLAs on eve of voting He says,'Vote not for party, vote for conscience ' To BJP voters, Yashwant, the External Affairs Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, says,'Today, I want to make a special appeal to BJP voters.

I was also once in your party Sadly, the party that was formed under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani is dead today Now, under a couple of leaders, a completely different, degenerated party is running 'He concludes by saying,'I am sure most of you understand and lament the difference in the party before and now.

This election is your last chance to correct the much-needed BJP By ensuring my election, you can take an urgent step to save BJP and the country's democracy 'Draupadi also says to the President that'I am not fighting the election 'He says,'I am not fighting the country's agenda.