India, Sept. 9 -- Three Lok Sabha members from Punjab on Tuesday boycotted the Vice-Presidential election in protest against the Centre's delay in releasing a relief package to flood-hit Punjab.

Shiromani Akali Dal's lone MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Faridkot Independent Lok Sabha member Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa and his jailed Khadoor Sahib counterpart Amritpal Singh abstained from taking part in the process to elect the 15th Vice-President of India in which National Democratic Alliance candidate CP Radhakrishnan is pitted against the Opposition bloc's B Sudershan Reddy.

The death toll in the Punjab floods has risen to 51 after heavy monsoon rain over the past week caused the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers to swell and inundate several district...