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BJP to field its own vice president
candidate
Monday July 09, 2012 05:00:23 PM,
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Monday it would field its own
candidate for the post of vice president and would not support the
ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee.
"It is natural that the BJP will itself fight the vice president
election. We will discuss it with are allies in NDA (National
Democratic Alliance) and decide," BJP's national spokesperson and
general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Prasad, however, did not comment on who the candidate would be.
Insiders said the party is yet to zero in on a candidate.
The party is backing P.A. Sangma for the post of president against
the UPA's Pranab Mukherjee.
According to sources, the UPA might go with Vice President Hamid
Ansari for a second term.
The vice president's poll, to be held on Aug 7, was notified on
July 3. The last date for filing nominations is July 20. The date
for scrutiny of nominations is July 21. The last date for
withdrawal of nominations is July 23.
The vice president is elected by the members of the electoral
college consisting of members of both houses of parliament in
accordance with the system of proportional representation by means
of the single transferable vote.
The electoral college consists of 790 MPs - 233 elected members of
the Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha, 543 MPs
of the Lok Sabha and two nominated members of the Lok Sabha.
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