BJP Parliamentary Board Meeting Underway at Party Headquarters in Delhi

A meeting of the BJP parliamentary board is underway at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president and Health Minister JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with other parliamentary board members, are attending the meeting. Party sources said that discussions are likely to be held on the candidate for the Vice Presidential elections. 
 
 
On the 6th of this month, leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had unanimously passed a resolution authorising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda to finalise the NDA’s candidate for the Vice-Presidential election. 
 
 
Nominations for the Vice Presidential Election can be filed till Thursday. The election will be held on the 9th of next month. The election has been necessitated due to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.