BJP leaders met at Mr. Nadda's home this evening.
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming presidential election in July, top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah and JP Nadda, held a four-hour meeting on the Rajya Sabha election and the presidential election.
Taking notes from the BJP-led alliance and the opposition both set to put up their candidates for India's new President, this election is said to reflect another decisive election - the 2024 national polls.
BJP leaders met at Mr. Nadda's home this evening. Just a day before nominations begins for polls in 57 Rajya Sabha seats on June 10.
According to the officials, the Rajya Sabha election will also have a bearing on the presidential polls.
Incumbent Ramnath Kovind's term ends on July 25.
The opposition is yet to announce a joint candidate for president and taking the lead in meetings to build consensus are Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao or KCR and Maharashtra leader Sharad Pawar.
The BJP has 48.9% of the votes of all MPs and MLAs. The opposition and other parties have 51.1 per cent of the vote.
The BJP needs only one of the fence-sitters - like Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's BJD (Biju Janata Dal) or Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress - to support its candidate.
KCR, who has been working for a non-Congress, non-BJP front for the 2024 general election, has been meeting key opposition leaders, apparently using the presidential elections as a test case.
During the weekend, KCR met with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal. He had earlier met with Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, and Akhilesh Yadav and had spoken to MK Stalin and Mamata Banerjee on the phone. He is also expected to meet her in Bengal and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in Karnataka.
KCR will also meet both Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar.
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