BJP To Pick Its Candidate For Vice President Polls This Week: Report
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BJP sources told PTI that the party will also reach out to different parties to seek a consensus over the choice amid indications that the Opposition will also field its candidate to force a contest.
The BJP parliamentary board will meet this week to pick its vice presidential candidate, who will be all but certain to occupy the position as the ruling National Democratic Alliance has a majority in the electoral college, Press Trust of India reported.
BJP sources told Press Trust of India that the party will also reach out to different parties to seek a consensus over the choice amid indications that the Opposition will also field its candidate to force a contest, as it has for the presidential poll.
The parliamentary board is the BJP's top organisational body, and its members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari besides party president J P Nadda, among others.
The last date for filing of nomination papers for the poll is July 19 and the election is scheduled for August 6.
