The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies and the Congress party voted in favour of the draft Bill, while the Samajawadi and the Left parties voted against the resolution moved by State Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.

The Bahujan Samaj Party, however, boycotted the special session of the State Assembly convened to discuss the Bill protesting against the inclusion of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar in the proposed state.

The Bharatiya Kissan Kamgar Party (BKKP) and the Janata Dal did not participate in the voting. The Akali Dal, a constituent of the BJP-led coalition government, had opposed the inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar in the proposed state.

The resolution, was adopted with 26 amendments on various issues relating to the proposed hill state including exclusion of Haridwar district from the original draft Bill.