Bureaucracy Updates

OPPOSITION LIKELY TO PUT UP ITS JOINT CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT POST WILL NOT LEAVE UNCONTESTED

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The opposition is likely to put up its joint candidate for the vice presidential election and may decide on the name during its strategy meeting in Parliament on July 11.

Sources said that the non-NDA parties are seeking to keep the opposition unity intact and feel that even if it is a losing fight it should not be left uncontested.

The electoral college that votes for the vice president, who is also the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, consists of 543 elected and 2 nominated members of the Lok Sabha besides 233 elected members and 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha.