BJD, ADMK decide to go with NDA’s VP choice | India News

NEW DELHI: The prospects of BJP’s vice-presidential nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar acquired a lift Sunday when two non-NDA regional powerhouses – BJD and AIADMK – formally declared their help for him. The BJD made the announcement quickly after a name from PM Narendra Modi to occasion chief and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who had been among the many first to additionally again NDA‘s presidential decide Droupadi Murmu.
The AIADMK adopted swimsuit, asserting after a gathering of its MLAs in Chennai that it could again each Murmu and Dhankhar. Though Dhankhar was named NDA’s VP candidate Saturday, BJD was apparently ready for the opposition to determine its nominee earlier than taking a name.
The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, which has already thrown its weight behind NDA’s presidential decide Droupadi Murmu, on Sunday introduced its help for its VP nominee, Jagdeep Dhankhar. BJD’s determination got here minutes after PM Modi known as up the Odisha CM to hunt his help, reviews Debabrata Mohapatra. It should be famous that in 2017, whereas it had supported NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind as president, it had had supported opposition’s candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the VP’s submit.