Tag: Vice Presidential Poll

In terms of numbers, NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar is most likely to win, but on the lines of the Presidential election, the BJP is working on a strategy to get more and more MPs' votes so its candidate can win with a big margin.

When asked if Trinamool's decision will adversely impact the anti-BJP opposition unity in the country, Abhishek Banerjee said that opposition unity is not that fragile and it doesn't depend on voting in the Presidential or Vice Presidential polls.

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for arrested BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda, the CBI court granted him a two day leave basing on his petition to vote in the Vice Presidential elections. After getting necessary permissions from the court, Hansda left for New Delhi and cast his vote in the Vice-Presidential election held today. Hansda said […]

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister and senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu was on Monday chosen as the ruling NDA’s candidate for the August 5 Vice Presidential election, bringing to an end the suspense over the ruling combine’s nominee for the second important constitutional post. BJP President Amit Shah announced his candidature after a […]

New Delhi: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani was today given the additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after M Venkaiah Naidu resigned from the Cabinet to contest the vice-presidential poll. The portfolio of urban development, which too was with Naidu, was given to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, the PMO […]