Upa Vice Presidential Candidate

• BJP to field candidate for vice-president against Hamid Ansari

  The BJP has decided to put up a challenger against UPA's candidate Hamid Ansari for the vice presidential polls, scheduled to take place on August 7. The BJP top brass met this evening at BJP president Nitin Gadkari's residence to finalise its strategy for the elections. BJP leader Ananth Kumar said the party has called for a meeting of the NDA all...

• BJP core group to meet today to discuss vice-presidential polls

  The Bharatiya Janata Party's core group will meet today at 6 pm at party chief Nitin Gadkari's residence to discuss vice-presidential polls.

• UPA meet on Vice-President poll: Will Congress, Trinamool clash over Ansari?

  The UPA allies will meet in the evening today to discuss their candidate for the Vice-President's post. The Congress along with a majority of its allies has seemingly set its mind on fielding Hamid Ansari for the post. And it seems to have enough numbers in support, despite the fact that estranged ally Mamata Banerjee is not on board for this elect...

• Vice Presidential polls: PM speaks to Prakash Karat, Hamid Ansari frontrunner as UPA's candidate

  Vice President Hamid Ansari is emerging as one of the frontrunners for the post again. Ahead of the vice presidential polls, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to CPM's General Secretary Prakash Karat to discuss the matter.