No fervor for VP poll, Dhankhar set for
easy win
Jagdeep Dhankhar is set to sail through in
the Vice Presidential poll to be held on August 6 as the BJP has a majority on
its own.
It has 303 Mps in Lok Sabha and 91 in the
Rajya Sabha among the 780 electorate (543 Lok Sabha and 237 Rajya Sabha). There
are eight vacancies still in the Rajya Sabha at present.
In the Vice Presidential polls, the BJP will
have the added advantage of getting the support of all nine nominated Mps as
they can take part in it unlike in the Presidential poll. While four of
these 9 nominated Mps have joined the BJP, there are five others who may also
go with the ruling party candidate. Therefore, the BJP is making efforts
to ensure that Dhankhar gets more than 540 Mps' votes who voted for the
President, Draupadi Murmu.
But there is no visible fervor either or
campaigning for the VP's poll either slated for Saturday. The BJP has geared up
its entire machinery to mobilize a maximum number of Mps to support
Dhankhar. It has already issued an informal whip to all its Mps to remain
present in Delhi and requested all NDA and supporting parties to come in large
numbers to vote.
Interestingly, 17 MPs voted in favour of
Draupadi Murmu who belonged to the Opposition parties and at the same time, 15
votes of Mps were declared invalid. The BJP organised several training camps
for Mps to ensure that no votes were invalid this time around. The tenure
of current incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10.
