Vice Presidential Election 2017

M Venkaiah Naidu, 68, who was elected as India's Vice President on August 5 will take oath today. Venkaiah Naidu had defeated former West Bengal Governor and Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the opposition candidate.

Vice President-elect M Venkaiah Naidu today said he should not talk about politics in his new responsibility, but that does not mean he should not raise issues concerning the people.

Political leaders congratulated National Democratic Alliance nominee Venkaiah Naidu for winning the vice-presidential elections on Saturday. Mr Naidu was elected the 13th Vice-President of India after securing over two-thirds of votes, leaving Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi far behind.

NDA nominee Venkaiah Naidu was among the early lot of MPs who cast their vote to elect the next vice president of the country.

The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will find it easy to place its candidate, M Venkaiah Naidu, as the next Vice President of India, say party leaders

M Venkaiah Naidu, the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance candidate, will be India's 13th Vice President. He received 516 votes defeating the opposition candidate former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi who got 244 votes. For someone who came from a family of an ordinary farmer, 68-year-old former minister said his election "speaks ...

Venkaiah Naidu, the NDA candidate for the Vice Presidential elections is likely to sail through the elections that will be held on Saturday. Mr Naidu's win is almost certain as his party, the BJP, along with its partners enjoy a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha.

The name of the next vice president of India will be known tomorrow evening after members of Parliament cast their ballot during the day in Parliament House.

The Aam Aadmi Party will support opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the vice presidential poll, national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

A day before elections for Vice President, lawmakers from the ruling BJP and its allies are attending a workshop on how to vote. The "dummy vote" is being organised at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to ensure minimum invalid votes today.

The Mandal kamandal discourse that dominated Indian politics in the last three decades has finally come full circle with the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the new President of India. This is the first time in Indian history that the President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister belong to the Dalit and OBC communities.

Venkaiah Naidu, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, publicly claimed that he did not want to be "Rashtrapati" (President) or "Uprashtrapati" (Vice-President) but only "Usha Pati" (husband of Usha). But politics is also the art of the unsaid and that was topped by a beaming Naidu indicating that he would be thrilled to be the NDA's pick.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu is the BJP's choice for Vice Presidential candidate against Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the opposition's nominee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders are meeting to finalise a name for Vice President. Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, believed to be the front-runner, said as he headed to the meeting: "I am not aspiring to become anything. Whatever the parliamentary board decides, that is final."

Presenting Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi before lawmakers, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the presidential poll is a fight against "narrow-minded communal vision". The interaction between the opposition lawmakers and the candidates for president and vice president's post took place on Sunday evening - hours before today's Presiden...

M Venkaiah Naidu, 68, who was elected as India's Vice President on August 5 will take oath today. Venkaiah Naidu had defeated former West Bengal Governor and Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the opposition candidate.

Vice President-elect M Venkaiah Naidu today said he should not talk about politics in his new responsibility, but that does not mean he should not raise issues concerning the people.

Political leaders congratulated National Democratic Alliance nominee Venkaiah Naidu for winning the vice-presidential elections on Saturday. Mr Naidu was elected the 13th Vice-President of India after securing over two-thirds of votes, leaving Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi far behind.

NDA nominee Venkaiah Naidu was among the early lot of MPs who cast their vote to elect the next vice president of the country.

The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will find it easy to place its candidate, M Venkaiah Naidu, as the next Vice President of India, say party leaders

M Venkaiah Naidu, the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance candidate, will be India's 13th Vice President. He received 516 votes defeating the opposition candidate former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi who got 244 votes. For someone who came from a family of an ordinary farmer, 68-year-old former minister said his election "speaks ...

Venkaiah Naidu, the NDA candidate for the Vice Presidential elections is likely to sail through the elections that will be held on Saturday. Mr Naidu's win is almost certain as his party, the BJP, along with its partners enjoy a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha.

The name of the next vice president of India will be known tomorrow evening after members of Parliament cast their ballot during the day in Parliament House.

The Aam Aadmi Party will support opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the vice presidential poll, national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

A day before elections for Vice President, lawmakers from the ruling BJP and its allies are attending a workshop on how to vote. The "dummy vote" is being organised at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to ensure minimum invalid votes today.

The Mandal kamandal discourse that dominated Indian politics in the last three decades has finally come full circle with the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the new President of India. This is the first time in Indian history that the President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister belong to the Dalit and OBC communities.

Venkaiah Naidu, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, publicly claimed that he did not want to be "Rashtrapati" (President) or "Uprashtrapati" (Vice-President) but only "Usha Pati" (husband of Usha). But politics is also the art of the unsaid and that was topped by a beaming Naidu indicating that he would be thrilled to be the NDA's pick.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu is the BJP's choice for Vice Presidential candidate against Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the opposition's nominee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders are meeting to finalise a name for Vice President. Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, believed to be the front-runner, said as he headed to the meeting: "I am not aspiring to become anything. Whatever the parliamentary board decides, that is final."

Presenting Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi before lawmakers, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the presidential poll is a fight against "narrow-minded communal vision". The interaction between the opposition lawmakers and the candidates for president and vice president's post took place on Sunday evening - hours before today's Presiden...