Bihar BJP President Sanjay Saraogi on Monday said that all workers and youth of Bihar are excited as the BJP is set to elect its national president, with the party's national working president Nitin Nabin in the fray, as the strongest candidate to win elections.
Speaking to the media regarding the National President election, the BJP MP said, "... The BJP is a democratic party where any worker, through hard work, can rise to the top. Be it Prime Minister Modi or Amit Shah, all began as party workers..."
"BJP and the PM should tell us that if the Vice President election can take place on the ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs. If Zilla Parishad election can take place on ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs," Surjewala, who is set to vote in the ongoin
The Vice Presidential election is set to happen today, with counting happening at 6 PM at Room F-101, Vasudha, First floor of Parliament House. The voting will also take place in the same room.
Ahead of the Vice President elections on Tuesday (September 9), opposition INDIA bloc's candidate, former Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy, on Monday evening met RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal and Azad Samaj Party President and MP Chandrasekhar Azad in Delhi to seek support.
The retired judges came in support of Justice B Sudershan Reddy, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Opposition of nominating alleged "left wing" sympathiser as their candidate.
Addressing a press conference, Thackeray further stated that it was still unaware as to why the former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar had resigned all of a sudden.
VCK Founder-President Thol Thirumavalavan has slammed the BJP for "forcing" former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to resign, an action he claims has created a "crisis" in the country. He also urged all members of Parliament from the Opposition parties to vote for INDIA bloc's Vice-President
Officers appointed by the EC as Observers are Sushil Kumar Lohani, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and D. Anandan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
The announcement was made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital following the INDIA bloc meeting. B Sudershan Reddy will file his nomination for the Vice Presidential polls on August 21.