Overview

• NDA floor leaders unanimously authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J.P. Nadda to select the coalition’s vice presidential candidate.
• The Election Commission has scheduled the election for September 9 and set the nomination deadline for August 21.
• NDA leaders have launched training sessions to ensure MPs cast valid votes under the secret-ballot, single transferable vote system.
• Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has declared unconditional support for the NDA, reinforcing its majority in the parliamentary electoral college.
• The opposition INDIA bloc plans to field a non-Congress candidate to unite parties and maximise anti-NDA votes.