Prez Poll: Amid suspense over BJP's top choice to be country's next president, two of its senior ministers – Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu – will on Friday meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss the fast approaching presidential election. Amid suspense over BJP's top choice to be country's next president, two of its senior ministers – Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu – will on Friday meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss the fast approaching presidential election.
The meeting lasted for 30 minutes. However, it was not immediately known as to what transpired at the meeting.
Senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge were also present in the meeting, seen as the first major BJP outreach with the opposition on the significant matter.
The meeting comes barely two days after a sub group of opposition leaders constituted by Gandhi met in Azad’s Parliament chamber to discuss the opposition strategy. The meeting had decided to wait for the government proposal on the matter before taking a further view.