Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for vice-presidential election M Venkaiah Naidu polled 516 votes and raced to an easy win against Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi. BJP HITS A PURPLE PATCHIn the Lok Sabha, the BJP alone has 282 members out of the total House strength of 543. With a BJP government in place, the party has better chances of reaching out to more people ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. With Nitish Kumar back in the NDA fold, the Opposition lost a leader who was seen as a potential challenger to Narendra Modi in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Going by the turn of events so far, Nitish Kumar's words could well be true and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections could be a boring affair where everyone knows who the winner is.

Source: India Today August 06, 2017 08:41 UTC