Vice Presidential election: Nitish Kumar announces JDU’s support to NDA candidate Dhankhar

Chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar Announced on Saturday that his Janata Dal (United) will support NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar in the upcoming Vice Presidential election. In a statement issued here, Kumar welcomed the announcement of the West Bengal Governor’s name for the country’s second highest constitutional post.

The Bihar chief minister, whose party is the second largest constituent of the NDA after the BJP, also extended best wishes to Dhankhar for the elections to be held early next month. The Vice-President, who is elected by the members of both the Houses of Parliament, is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The JD(U) has 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha and five in the Upper House, including Deputy Speaker Harivansh.

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