Next President of India, Vice-President: Is it Sumitra Mahajan and Venkaiah Naidu
This move will check-mate the Shiv Sena which has a tradition of voting for a candidate from Maharashtra like they did in the case of Prathibha Patil.
Will Sumitra Mahajan be the next President of India and Venkaiah Naidu the next vice president? In the circles at Delhi, talk is abuzz that Sumitra Mahajan the Speaker of the Lok Sabha was asked to cancel an assignment abroad and told to stay back. News is abuzz that she is likely to be considered for the post of next President of India.
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This
move
will
check-mate
the
Shiv
Sena
which
has
a
tradition
of
voting
for
a
candidate
from
Maharashtra
like
they
did
in
the
case
of
Prathibha
Patil.
Although
elected
from
Madhya
Pradesh,
she
was
born
in
Chiplun
in
Maharashtra.
The
other
news
doing
the
rounds
is
regarding
Venkaiah
Naidu.
Many
in
the
BJP
are
keen
on
him
being
elected
as
the
Vice-President
of
India.
There
could
be
a
lot
of
advantages
for
the
BJP
in
selecting
Naidu
as
the
VP
candidate.
He
will
not
be
just
a
Vice-President,
but
also
the
chairman
of
the
the
Rajya
Sabha
where
the
BJP
has
faced
troubled
times
in
the
recent
past.
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Highly placed sources tell OneIndia that Naidu has been told to complete all pending engagements. These are clear signs that his name is under consideration for the post of President.
When asked about the candidature of Draupadi Murmu for the post of next President of India, BJP sources said that she too is under consideration. The Governor of Jharkhand, if elected would be the first tribal woman President of India. Sources also added that if certain equations do not work out, then there is a good chance that Murmu's name would go through and Sumitra Mahajan could be considered for the post of Vice President over Naidu.
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Meanwhile there is hectic activity in selecting a candidate. The Presidential polls would be held in July and month later, the Vice President would be elected. The opposition on the other hand has suggested the name of former West Bengal Governor, Gopal Krishna Gandhi as its choice for President. However the opposition has also said that they would expect the BJP to select a consensual candidate. West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee had even said that she would support the candidature of L K Advani if the BJP proposed his name.
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