Presidential election: BJP’s parliamentary board to meet today over candidate selection

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s parliamentary board is meeting on Monday noon to take a call on its candidate for the July 17 presidential election.

The BJP has formed a three-member panel to discuss with the Opposition the possibility of a consensus candidate. The party’s parliamentary board will take stock of the talks this committee had with opposition leaders.

Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu have held consultation with allies and the opposition camp. Naidu and Singh have already spoken to Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence.

BJP chief Amit Shah met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday, and Thackeray said his party will take a call only after the name of the candidate is decided.

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