INDIA gears up for a strategic push in the VP race, likely to field a strong non-Congress contender

National News: Voting for the vice president of the country is to be held on 9 September. For this, both the ruling and opposition parties are making efforts to choose their candidate. Meanwhile, there is news that Indy Block is preparing to choose a non-Congress candidate in the upcoming vice president election. It is believed that its main objective is to unite all the opposition parties. So that the anti-BJP votes can be turned towards them. Let us tell you that at least 11 votes of the Aam Aadmi Party are included in this election.

Learning from Past Mistakes

A senior opposition leader who attended the meeting held on Thursday, referring to former Union Minister and Congress leader Margaret Alva being made the opposition candidate, said, "We cannot repeat the mistake of the last vice president election." Let us tell you that at that time the second largest opposition party in Parliament, Trinamool Congress, refused to support Congress candidate Alva.

Rahul Gandhi Hosts Strategy Dinner

It is worth noting that a dinner party was organized at the house of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. During this, a meeting of opposition leaders was also held, in which 14 senior opposition leaders, including Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray, Farooq Abdullah, TMC MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien, and CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby, participated. It is being said that during this meeting, the issue of the vice presidential election was discussed.

TMC’s Stance

It is being said that another opposition leader claimed that TMC has expressed its reluctance to field a party candidate in this vice presidential election. At the same time, in recent times, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, while talking to the media, had said that the INDI alliance will take a collective decision for the vice presidential election.

Call for a United Fight

It is being said that in the meeting held at Rahul Gandhi's residence on Thursday, all the leaders agreed that the INDI alliance should contest the election unitedly. However, during this time some opposition leaders argued that NDA has enough numbers to defeat its vice-presidential candidate, but the Indian bloc cannot contest the election easily, and it will have to fight on an ideological basis.