New Delhi
After the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post of Vice President, BJP has started searching for his option. With the formal announcement of the election of the post of Vice President, political board is being laid. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is trying to unite the opposition for the Vice President through ‘Dinner Diplomacy’, while the BJP has also started its political exercise for the Vice Presidential elections.
The Election Commission has announced a voting for the election of the Vice President on 9 September, for which the nomination process is starting from 7 August. The top leadership of the BJP has started making a strategy to gather wide support for the post of Vice President.
A important meeting of senior BJP leaders was held on Monday under the leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in which the Vice President was churned for the election of the post of Vice President. Apart from this, a plan has been made to gather support of non-NDA parties for big victory like Jagdeep Dhankhar. The party has a challenge to find an alternative to Jagdeep Dhankhar for the post of Vice President, as well as a big win like 2022.
The BJP is making a strategy to make a leader a candidate for the post of Vice President, who can fit the party as well as the RSS ideology. Apart from this, the support of NDA as well as other parties can also be easily mobilized in its name. Amit Shah has taken over its command in his hand.
Election will be held on 9 September for the post of Vice President
The Election Commission has announced the election dates for the post of 17th Vice President of the country on 1 August. The notification will be issued on 7 August, with which the process of enrollment will start. Candidates will be able to file their nominations for the post of Vice President by August 21. Nomination papers will be examined on 22 August and candidates can withdraw their names by 25 August.
Voting will be held on 9 September if more than one candidate for the post of Vice President. The room number F-101 Vasudha of Parliament House will be held in the first floor from 10 am to 5 pm. The counting of votes will begin after the voting is over. In this way, the results will be declared by the evening of 9 September. Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha participate in voting.
BJP’s political exercise for Vice President
The BJP has started its preparations in view of the political stir of the Vice Presidential elections. According to the Economics Times, a meeting was held on Monday in Amit Shah’s office, which included leaders like BJP President JP Nadda, Organization General Secretary BL Santosh, General Secretary Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal. The meeting discussed the party’s strategy for the election of the upcoming states as well as the election of the post of Vice President.
The BJP leadership has decided that a training session will be held for NDA MPs for voting for the post of Vice President, in which they will be made aware of the voting process and format of ballot paper. Apart from this, a strategy has been made to raise support from NDA as well as non-NDA parties. For this, it has been planned to entrust responsibility to some leaders of the party so that support and communication can be collected in time.
BJP is making a plan of big victory even bigger than Dhankhar
The BJP is trying to write a big victory than Jagdeep Dhankhar. In 2022, NDA candidate was Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Vice Presidential election, while Congress leader Margaret Alva was the candidate from the opposition. Dhankhar defeated Margaret Alva by heavy votes. Jagdeep Dhankhar got 528 votes, while Margaret Alva could get the support of 182 MPs.
Along with the support of NDA parties, many non-NDA parties also contributed significantly in the victory of Jagdeep Dhankhar. Naveen Patnaik’s BJD, Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress and Mayawati’s BSP supported NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar. This time too, in the Vice Presidential elections, BJP has expected support like 2022. The BJP has handed over the task of contacting the leaders of YSR Congress, BRS and BJD to its leaders.
Opposition is looking for a joint candidate for Vice President
The opposition India coalition has started preparing for the Vice Presidential election, for which the joint is planning to field candidates. Former Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on August 7, has feasted at his residence to the leaders of the opposition India alliance, in which it is believed that a decision will be taken regarding the joint candidate for the post of Vice President. In this way, the Congress has started the fortifications of opposition parties from now, so that there is no mistake of any kind like 2022.
This is the first time after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, when the leaders of the India alliance are coming together. Rahul Gandhi has laid the feast at a time when the process of election of the next Vice President has started formally. In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi is engaged in trying to formulate a joint strategy on the Vice President. Opposition parties believe that they can make the Vice Presidential election interesting with a strong candidate, and even though they cannot stop the NDA candidate from winning, but they can definitely hold behind with a big win like Dhankar.
What will BJP have to do to win a big victory than Dhankhar
The BJP’s strategy is to find a candidate whose name can be fabricated in the opposition fortifications. This step is being considered part of the BJP’s strategy to gain regional balance and comprehensive support.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have a total of 782 MPs, out of which BJP has the support of about 425 MPs. But Dhankhar gets about 103 votes less than 528 votes. In such a situation, the NDA will have to support and gather more than 100 MPs for victory like Dhankhar, while the opposition’s strategy is to stop the NDA on the figure of 425.
