Power video games: Ramnath Kovind, Venkaiah Naidu unlikely to get one other time period

Express News Service

Presidential Election
Kovind, Venkaiah unlikely to get one other time period

The election to decide on the following President of India is due subsequent month. Along with the President, a brand new Vice-President may also be chosen. The BJP, together with its allies, has a snug majority within the presidential electoral school comprising MPs of each Houses of Parliament and MLAs of all state assemblies. The BJP-led NDA additionally instructions the required majority in two homes of Parliament to elect the following Vice-President. New Delhi’s political circles are buzzing with discussions on the alternatives for the following occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. There seems close to unanimity in BJP and the bigger Sangh circles that President Ramnath Kovind and Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu might not get one other time period. No President, with the only exception of first President Rajendra Prasad, has acquired a second time period in workplace. Many names are talked about, however a caveat is at all times added that no person is aware of the thoughts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who alone will finalise candidates for the 2 prime constitutional workplaces of the Indian republic. The Prime Minister has pulled out a shock each time a prime appointment was made, and proved all speculations and guesses fallacious. It seems safer to seek out out ‘who not’, reasonably than venturing into guessing ‘who next’ within the present dispensation. While the BJP seems on stable floor within the presidential elections, there’s additionally a transfer to subject an opposition candidate with the assist of NDA ally and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. Though Kumar has not given any indication of supporting a non-NDA candidate, leaders resembling Mamata Bannerjee and Ok Chandrashekhar Rao are reportedly making an attempt to interact him via back-channels and providing to assist his selection of candidate. Nitish has been upset with the BJP for a while and has been shifting nearer to Lalu Yadav’s RJD. But the numbers within the electoral school are such that Nitish’s desertion might rock the NDA boat, however wouldn’t be capable to sink it.

Rajya Sabha Polls
Battle of relations and mates in Haryana

In the present spherical of Rajya Sabha election for 57 seats, polling for which is scheduled on June 10, probably the most attention-grabbing contest is the one in Haryana between Congress chief Ajay Maken and media baron Kartikeya Sharma. These two candidates are distant relations. Ajay Maken’s uncle Lalit Maken was the son-in-law of former President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma. Kartikeya’s uncle was married to a daughter of Shankar Dayal Sharma. Maken and Kartikeya incessantly get collectively at household features however are pitted towards one another. Kartikeya is the son of Vinod Sharma, who was a minister in Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s authorities in Haryana, and was thought of Hooda’s closest buddy. Hooda had introduced this hotelier buddy from Chandigarh and given him a Congress ticket from Ambala, after which made him a minister. The two mates have fallen out and are actually going through one another not directly in elections, with Hooda backing the Congress candidate and Vinod his son. The election for this seat might get tighter than most assume. To win this Rajya Sabha seat, a candidate requires 31 votes. Congress has precisely 31 MLAs within the state Assembly. The BJP has 40. After electing its candidate with 31 votes, the BJP can have 9 surplus votes. The celebration has dedicated these votes to Kartikeya. BJP’s accomplice within the state authorities, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) of deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala has 10 MLAs. The JJP has been the prime sponsor of Kartikeya. Then there may be one vote every of Abhay Chautala and Gopal Kanda. These two votes are additionally more likely to go to Kartikeya. This takes Kartikeya’s complete assist to 21. The battle is for the seven independents. The state authorities, BJP and Vinod Sharma are collectively making an attempt to win over these seven independents, apart from some Congress MLAs with a proposal of ticket within the upcoming state elections. Hooda too is in contact with the independents. Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi, who has been upset with celebration management, can be giving Maken and Hooda the jitters.