Live
- Shot In The Arm For Tribals… Girijan Coop Corpn Ropes In City Firm To Digitalise Petrol Bunks
- Complete failure of UP govt: Congress
- ‘Excavation rumour sparked violence, SDM, CO responsible’
- Cinematic legacy celebrated at SV University
- No permission needed for buildings up to 15 metres
- Do you support caste census? Which one will you prefer caste census or skill census?
- GHMC Commissioner attends Prajavani, receives 126 applications
- 6 injured as lift crashes in Bahadurpura apartment
- CM Revanth: Delhi visits are in TG’s interests, scotches buzz on cabinet expansion
- Chandrababu Naidu Wishes People on Constitution Day
Venkaiah all set to win VP election
The stage is set for the Vice-Presidential election on Saturday, with numbers in favour of ruling NDA candidate M Venkaiah Naidu who is most likely to become the second person with RSS background to occupy the second most important constitutional post.
​New Delhi: The stage is set for the Vice-Presidential election on Saturday, with numbers in favour of ruling NDA candidate M Venkaiah Naidu who is most likely to become the second person with RSS background to occupy the second most important constitutional post.
Naidu is pitted against Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the election that will take place in the Parliament House with the electoral college comprising 790 members of both the Houses.
The ruling combine made last minute arrangements to muster maximum support, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a pep talk to MPs, including those from parties outside the NDA, at a dinner hosted by him.
In an effective electoral college of 787 members, Naidu seems to be in a comfortable position as the NDA has a clear majority in the Lok Sabha and has support of some political parties from the south.
The Lok Sabha currently has 543 members and the Rajya Sabha 244. The Lok Sabha has two vacancies, while the Rajya Sabha has one vacancy.
According to BJP officials, apart from the NDA's 81 Rajya Sabha members and 338 Lok Sabha members, members of both houses - of the AIADMK (50), YSR Congress (10) and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (14) will also vote in favour of Naidu.
With around support of 493 members, Naidu is all set to cross the magic figure of 394. The BJP leaders are hopeful of crossing the mark of 500.
