While the opposition is struggling a bit to pick its candidate for the presidential election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to hold its parliamentary board meeting in Delhi on Tuesday where it is likely to finalize its candidate. Sources said the election is to be held on July 18.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually likely to attend the meeting.
A day after the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, party president JP Nadda on Sunday held an important meeting to brainstorm on the upcoming elections, in which members of the management team were present.
Meanwhile, with its three potential presidential candidates refusing to contest, leaders of opposition parties will meet in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon to finalize a joint candidate for the presidential election. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, NC chief Farooq Abdullah and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi have so far turned down the opposition’s offer to be presidential candidates.
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Sources say BJP may choose its presidential candidate today
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a meeting of its parliamentary board in Delhi on Tuesday to finalize its choice for the July 18 elections, sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the meeting. is likely to.
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.
BJP President JP Nadda held an important meeting on Sunday to brainstorm on the upcoming elections, where members of the management team were present. Senior leaders like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ashwini Vaishnav, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vinod Tawde, CT Ravi, participated in the meeting. Sambit Patra and others.
JP Nadda and Rajnath Singh have been entrusted with the responsibility of holding talks with all political parties regarding 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 meeting today
The opposition parties, which are struggling to pick a candidate, will also meet for the second time in Delhi on Tuesday to finalize a joint candidate for the July 18 elections.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will on Tuesday chair a meeting of leaders of 17 opposition parties, amid hopes of further strengthening the anti-BJP alliance.
A senior Trinamool Congress leader said in Kolkata that some opposition parties have suggested former Union minister and Trinamool Congress vice-president Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate for the presidential election.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi refused to contest the election
The opposition has so far refused to contest three of its potential presidential candidates, with Gopalkrishna Gandhi being the latest to turn down the offer.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah turned down similar offers, days after former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi turned down opposition leaders’ requests to contest the presidential election on Monday.
Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, said in a statement that many respected leaders of the opposition have given him the honor of considering him for the opposition’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election. “I am most grateful to them. But after considering the matter deeply, I see that the opposition candidate should be such that apart from national consensus and opposition unity, there should be a national atmosphere. I think there will be more people who Will do better than me, he said.
“And hence I have requested the leaders to give opportunity to such a person. May India The 77-year-old former diplomat, who had also served as India’s High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, said that get a President worthy of the presidency by Rajaji as the last Governor General and by Dr Rajendra Prasad as our first President. was inaugurated in Earlier, the opposition leaders had met here on June 15 where the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee The names of Pawar and Abdullah were also proposed as possible candidates for the presidential election.
TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee will represent the party in the opposition meeting
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is likely to represent the party in the opposition meeting called by NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend the meeting due to prior engagements.
“CM has asked Abhishek Banerjee to be present in the meeting. He was also with Mamata Banerjee in the last meeting of the opposition on June 15. During a June meeting convened by Banerjee in Delhi to devise a strategy for the upcoming presidential election, it was decided that a common candidate, who would “uphold the country’s democratic ethos”, would be chosen as the opposition candidate.
AIMIM will attend the meeting of the opposition
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will on Monday attend a meeting of major opposition parties to deliberate on a consensus candidate for next month’s presidential election.
The AIMIM said that Sharad Pawar has invited the Hyderabad-based outfit for the meeting and the party’s Maharashtra unit chief Imtiaz Jaleel will attend the meeting.
The official Twitter account of AIMIM posted that the party will participate in the latest meeting of opposition parties on the presidential election and MP from Aurangabad, Jalil, will represent it in the meeting.
When contacted, Jaleel said, “NCP chief Sharad Pawar personally called up the AIMIM president. Asaduddin Owaisi And I will attend the meeting on behalf of my party. We will see what happens in the meeting and then decide the party’s stand on the Presidential election.” Pawar, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi and National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah called on opposition leaders to contest for the country’s top constitutional post. The request has been rejected. The process for the election of the new president began on June 15. The last date for filing nominations is June 29. If necessary, the election will be held on July 18 and counting of votes on July 21.
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