NEW DELHI: The BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Wednesday held a key technique assembly to debate the upcoming Vice-Presidential election following the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar. The assembly, chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh was attended by all alliance flooring leaders.Following the discussions, the alliance unanimously handed a decision authorising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda to finalise the NDA’s candidate for the Vice-President’s publish. “The choice taken by the Prime Minister shall be accepted by all alliance events,” mentioned Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju after the assembly.Rijiju additionally introduced the timeline for election course of. The final date for submitting nominations is August 21, whereas polling and counting will each happen on September 9.
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