Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter has said that a committee will be formed to probe the incident of cross voting from BJP during the Presidential election.

Speaking on the sidelines of a programme in Bangalore today, he said it was unfortunate that some of his party legislators voted against the party candidate and said after the Committee filed the report, action would be initiated against those who cross voted.

In Karnataka, Mukherjee got 117 votes against 103 votes polled by BJP candidate PA Sangma, though BJP is in majority with 119 members in the 225-member Assembly. It also has the support of one of the seven Independents. Of the 224, only 223 were eligible to vote as one is a nominated member. All 223 voted and three votes were declared invalid after the count during the day.