Jagdeep Dhankhar, the candidate of the BJP-led ruling coalition NDA, has the upper hand in the Vice Presidential election to be held today. Considering the support received from various parties, Dhankhar is expected to get more than 67 per cent votes. The entire opposition is unable to mobilize with the opposition candidate Margaret Alva of Congress. While Trinamool Congress has distanced itself from the election, parties like BSP, YSRCP, BJD, Telugu Desam are standing in support of Dhankhar.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Keshava Rao on Friday announced that his party will support opposition candidate Margaret Alva in the upcoming vice presidential election. At present there are 788 members in both the houses. The majority figure is 395. The BJP has 394 MPs in both the houses. That is, his own vote is 50 percent. Including the NDA, this figure becomes 445 MPs. The NDA has the support of 449 MPs, including the four recently nominated MPs. Apart from this, it also has support from other parties. These include YSRCP (31), BJD (21), BSP (11), Telugu Desam (4). With their support, the figure becomes 512 votes in favor of Dhankhar. Apart from this, NDA leaders hope that many more parties and MPs will also support him and he will get more votes than last time.
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