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BJP for vice presidential contest though yet to decide a candidate
Saturday July 14, 2012 10:32:45 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Saturday said it will contest the Aug 7 vice presidential poll but
failed to decide its candidate due to lack of consensus in the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the issue.
"We have decided to contest the vice president election," BJP
leader Ananth Kumar told reporters after the party's core group
met here at party president Nitin Gadkari's residence on a day
when the United Progressive Alliance announced it was backing Vice
President M. Hamid Ansari for a second term.
But Ananth Kumar did not give any names of the party's likely
candidates.
The BJP, which wants to field its candidate for the post of vice
president, will discuss the likely names with its allies during
the NDA meet Monday, he said.
"We will discuss the issue with NDA allies July 16. We will also
talk to other political parties," said Ananth Kumar.
The names of BJP leaders Najma Heptulla, Jaswant Singh and Murli
Manohar Joshi have been making the rounds as probable opposition
camp candidates.
Sources from the party, however, add that any final decision will
be taken after fathoming the wish and support of allies as well as
other non-Congress parties.
"BJP cannot jump head right without calculating the kind of
support we will have. All options have been kept open, but there
is a strong feeling that a BJP member must be fielded for the
contest," a leader said on condition of anonymity.
The main opposition party is treading cautiously as ally Janata
Dal-United (JD-U) has indicated it may support ruling United
Progressive Alliance's nominee Hamid Ansari.
The JD-U and another NDA ally, Shiv Sena, broke ranks with the BJP
to support UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee for the July 19
presidential poll.
"If some good candidate is suggested by other allies or even other
non-Congress parties, we may consider it," the leader said.
The Trinamool Congress, which is on a rough patch with the
Congress, has suggested the names of former West Bengal governor
Gopal Krishna Gandhi and freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose's
niece and former Lok Sabha member Krishna Bose.
A BJP leader said both were "good and ideal candidates", but
refused to divulge if the party may back either.
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