Amarinder Singh prone to be named NDA candidate for Vice President

By Online Desk

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is within the race to change into the following Vice President of India.

Sources mentioned that the NDA is prone to title the fromer Punjab Chief Minister as its candidate for the Vice President’s put up.

“Several names are doing the rounds of which the prominent ones are Amarinder Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The vice presidential candidate will be finalised by the top BJP leadership and the Parliamentary Board,” mentioned a BJP insider.

Singh is at the moment in London for a again surgical procedure. However, a detailed aide of the previous Punjab Chief Minister mentioned that no affirmation has been acquired but proposing Singh’s title as NDA’s nominee for the Vice President’s put up.

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There can be a buzz in BJP circles that incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu may very well be given a second time period, however as of now there have been no official deliberations on this.

Singh left the Congress and fashioned the Punjab Lok Congress after he was faraway from the put up of Punjab Chief Minister final 12 months. He contested the latest Punjab Assembly polls in alliance with the BJP.

The BJP-led NDA candidate is all set to change into the following Vice President because the voters are the Members of Parliament and the BJP has an enormous mandate within the Lok Sabha whereas within the Rajya Sabha, it’s the single-largest get together having greater than 90 seats.

In the final election in 2017, the Opposition had fielded Gopalkrishna Gandhi however he misplaced to Naidu. Naidu polled 516 votes whereas Gandhi may handle solely 244 votes.

The Vice Presidential election is scheduled to be held on August 6.

(With company inputs)