Oppn MPs to practise with ‘mock poll’

Opposition MPs would be briefed Monday on the procedure to vote in the September 9 vice presidential polls, sources in the INDIA bloc said Sunday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

They said a ‘mock poll’ would be conducted in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan at around 2:30 PM Monday after the briefing on the procedure to vote in the vice presidential polls.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was to host a dinner for the Opposition MPs as well Monday evening but it has been cancelled in view of the flood situation in the country, the sources said.

It isa direct contest between ruling NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy September 9, Both candidates this time hail from southern India, with Radhakrishnan from Tamil Nadu and Reddy from Telangana.

The vice-presidential election has been described by the Opposition as an ideological battle, even as the numbers are stacked in favour of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).