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Vice Presidential poll: Voting done, counting gets underway
Fp Archives • 13 years agoCounting is underway in the Vice Presidential poll, with Hamid Ansari expected to win in a landslide
VP polls: Ansari files nomination in PM, Sonia's presence
Fp Archives • 13 years agoHamid Ansari today filed his nomination papers for being re-elected as vice-president.
VP Polls: BJP to consider if TMC approaches on common support
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe BJP would consider supporting a consensus candidates for the Vice Presidential polls if UPA ally Trinamool Congress approached the NDA for support.
Ansari-for-VP choice is Congress bait for post-2014 play
Fppolitics • 13 years agoAnsari's choice could widen the rift with Mamata Banerjee, but the Congress calculates it can use it to bring the Left back into its orbit with an eye on the next general elections.
PM calls up Mamata, CPI leader Bardhan to back Ansari
Fp Archives • 13 years agoManmohan Singh stepped up efforts to drum up support for Hamid Ansari for a second tenure in the post of vice-president, elections to which are scheduled for 7 August, as he spoke to Mamata Banerjee and CPI leader AB Bardhan.