PM Narendra Modi chairs BJP Parliamentary meeting in New Delhi
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- BJP Parliamentary Board meeting held to discuss party’s candidate for Presidential election
- Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, BJP President JP Nadda were present in the meeting.
- June 29 is the last date for filing nominations and the election is to be held on July 18.
Presidential Election 2022: The BJP Parliamentary Board, its apex organizational body, which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met on Tuesday hours after deliberating on the party’s candidate for the presidential election. Opposition made Yashwant Sinha its joint candidate,
Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, BJP president JP Nadda and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, besides Modi, were part of the deliberations at the party headquarters.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan and Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh present at the meeting in New Delhi.
PM Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda present in the parliamentary meeting
While there has been no official statement from the ruling party about its likely candidate, Shah, Singh and Nadda met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu earlier in the day, leading to discussions that he could be considered for the top constitutional post. Is.
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Party sources, however, insisted that nothing much should be read out in the meeting as the parliamentary board would take a final call on the issue. June 29 is the last date for filing nominations and the election is to be held on July 18.
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