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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the virtual meeting
- BJP has already constituted a 14-member management team to oversee the elections.
- Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the convener of this team.
Presidential Election 2022: Sources said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled to hold a parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday where the party may finalize its choice for the July 18 elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the virtual meeting.
The BJP has already constituted a 14-member management team to oversee the elections. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the convener of this team.
Earlier on Sunday, BJP President JP Nadda held an important meeting to brainstorm on the upcoming elections, in which members of the management team were present.
The meeting was attended by senior leaders like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ashwini Vaishnav, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vinod Tawde, CT Ravi, Sambit Patra and others.
Notably, Nadda and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh were entrusted with the responsibility of negotiating with all political parties on the candidate for the presidential election.
He also met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Biju Janata Dal supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and National Conference Conversed with. Chief Farooq Abdullah but there is no result so far.
The last date for filing nominations is June 29, polling will be held on July 18 and counting of votes will be held on July 21.
Opposition leaders, who met in the national capital on June 15, announced that they had decided to field a consensus candidate for the presidential election.
Leaders of 17 political parties attended a crucial meeting of opposition parties called by Mamata Banerjee to reach a consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election.
TMC, Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv Sena, NCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML and JMM – participated in the meeting organized in the constitution. Club of India in New Delhi on June 15.
(with inputs from ANI)