A crucial meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was held for four hours on the Rajya Sabha election and the presidential polls which is two months away
The BJP led alliance and the Opposition parties will put up their own candidate for the elections to be held this year
The term of President Ramnath Kovind ends on July 25
The Opposition’s yet to announce a joint candidate for the post of President. There have been back to back meetings which have been led by Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao
The BJP would have no problem in electing its candidate as president
The total strength of the electoral college is 10,98,903 and the BJP's strength is way above the half-way mark
President of India will be elected by a an electoral college formed by 776 parliamentarians and 4,120 legislators
During the last elections, the BJP had sprung a surprise by naming Ram Nath Kovind as the presidential candidate
While there is no confirmation on who the next President of India will be, the buzz is that Vice-President, Venkaiah Naidu is the frontrunner
However there is also talk that the BJP may not make any changes and could continue with Kovind as the President
The other name that is in contention of the post of President of India is Draupadi Murmu. Her name had cropped up last time as well