BJP Holds Parliamentary Board Meet Ahead of Presidential Poll; PM Modi Present

This has sparked conversations about Venkaiah Naidu being NDA's presidential candidate for the upcoming elections.

The Bhartiya Janta Party's (BJP) parliamentary board, which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the party's presidential candidate, hours after the opposition announced Yashwant Sinha as a joint nominee.

Prime Minister Modi was joined by Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari, BJP president J P Nadda, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Though the ruling party has not announced its likely nominee, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and (BJP) President JP Nadda met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday, 21 June, sparking conversations about the latter being considered by the party for the post of president.