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BJP Parliamentary Board to Meet on 17 August to Pick Vice President Candidate: Report
The BJP Parliamentary Board will finalize the National Democratic Alliance's nominee following Vice President Dhankhar's resignation; NDA holds 422 MPs, securing a strong electoral majority.
- Amid the upcoming Vice-Presidential election, the BJP Parliamentary Board will meet on August 17, 2025, at its New Delhi headquarters to select the NDA’s candidate, sources said.
- Following his resignation citing health care considerations on August 15, 2025, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar prompted the upcoming election.
- With around 422 allied MPs, the NDA authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda to lead the candidate selection, sources said.
- With a comfortable majority, the NDA’s nominee is likely to win, but opposition parties are expected to field a candidate for the September 9, 2025, election.
- Ahead of the September 9, 2025, polls, a mandatory workshop in New Delhi around September 6 includes a mock voting exercise for first-time and younger MPs.
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BJP Parliamentary Board to Choose Vice Presidential Candidate
The BJP parliamentary board will convene on August 17 to decide on the NDA's vice presidential candidate. Prime Minister Modi and BJP president Nadda have been tasked with the selection. The nomination deadline is August 21, with the election, if contested, set for September 9.
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