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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance is currently short of nearly 66,000 votes in the electoral college that elects the President of India.
It hopes to bridge this deficit, partially, by winning a significant number of seats in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. And, is banking on support of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to meet the remainder of the shortfall.
As part of this outreach, the Narendra Modi government is set to recommend Anandiben Patel’s name for the vacant gubernatorial post at the Chennai Raj Bhavan. Currently, Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao has the additional charge of
