India Bloc V-P Nominee to Meet Stalin Today; Move on to Rope in Neutral Parties

WITH the NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc going all out to mobilise support for their candidate, the upcoming Vice Presidential election is turning out to be a high-stakes one.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

While Opposition's nominee, Justice B Sudershan Reddy is scheduled to meet the alliance partners as part of building consensus and project unity ahead of the election scheduled for September 9, the bloc is also not leaving any stone unturned to persuade neutral parties such as Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal BJD, and Southern parties YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party and K Chandrashekhar Rao's BRS among others.