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Sonia to host lunch ahead of vice presidential election | | UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be hosting a lunch tomorrow
for its members as well as those from the supporting parties ahead of the vice
presidential election. UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari will lock horns with
the NDA's candidate Jaswant Singh for the post of Vice President of India. UPA's
vice presidential candidate Hamid Ansari has a definite edge in the vice presidential
election, as he has the support of the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), CPM and the National
Conference. The Vice President is elected through a direct ballot with Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha members (including nominated) comprising the Electoral College.
A total of 790 MPs are eligible to cast their vote on August 7 to elect the 14th
Vice President.
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