Hummingbird News Desk
NEW DELHI, 16 JULY: West Bengal Governer Jagdeep Dhankhar is NDA’s candidate for the post of the Vice President of India, BJP chief JP Nadda announced on Saturday evening.
This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and others met at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi to pick the party’s candidate for the vice presidential poll.
“After all considerations and consultations, we have decided to announce kisan putra (farmer’s son) Jagdeep Dhankhar as the BJP and NDA’s candidate for Vice President,” he said at a press conference.
PM Modi extended his support to Dhankar saying he has ‘excellent knowledge’ of the Constitution and is also well-versed with legislative affairs.
“Glad that Jagdeep Dhankhar (West Bengal Governor) will be our (NDA’s) Vice Presidential candidate,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet.
“I am sure that he will be an outstanding Chair in the Rajya Sabha & guide the proceedings of the House with the aim of furthering national progress,” PM Modi said in another tweet, after West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was selected as NDA’s VP candidate.
Notably, Jagdeep Dhankhar has often been in the news for his prickly relationship with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party the Trinamul Congress.
The electoral college for picking the next vice president comprises members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Out of Parliament’s current strength of 780, the BJP alone has 394 MPs, more than the majority mark of 390. The term of Venkaiah Naidu, the present incumbent, ends on August 10. The last date for filing of nomination papers for the poll is July 19 and the election is scheduled for August 6.
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