Vice Presidential Candidate: BJP has declared Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Governor of West Bengal as its candidate for the post of Vice President.

The election of the Vice President is to be held on 6 August.

A meeting of the Parliamentary Board, the top policy making body of BJP, was held on Saturday to decide the candidate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other members of the Parliamentary Board were present in this meeting being held at the party headquarters in Delhi. are.

The electoral college consists of members of both the houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to choose the Vice President of the country.

The current strength of the parliament is 780.

Of these, only BJP has 394 MPs.

More than 390 votes are needed to win.

The tenure of current Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will end on August 10.

The last date for filing nomination papers is July 19 and voting is scheduled for August 6.

The BJP has fielded tribal leader Draupadi Murmu as its candidate for the presidential election.

If Murmu wins the election, she will be the country's first tribal president.

The NDA had made the then Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu as its candidate for the post of Vice President in 2017.

BJP is in a strong position this time also on the basis of its candidate's chances of victory.

Earlier, the Prime Minister had met several governors including West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

There was also political speculation about this.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and Manipur Governor L Ganesan also met Modi.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) tweeted that the governors met Modi.

Dhankhar also met Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.