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BJP president Amit Shah said that his party would consult opposition parties, which have been working to forge unity over a joint presidential candidate, before deciding on the ruling alliance`s pick for the top constitutional post. He, however, parried a query on whether the BJP would seek to build a consensus with the opposition. The NDA is unlikely to be perturbed with the stand of the opposition parties as numbers in the presidential electoral college favour it. Shah declined to speak about likely names from the NDA for the president`s post. The electoral college for the presidential polls has a total of 11,04,546 votes with the BJP-led NDA`s tally currently standing at about 5.38 lakh votes. The presidential election is due in July and the poll to the post of the vice president is scheduled for August. The electoral college for picking the vice president is clearly in the BJP-led NDA`s favour with the alliance having the support of 418 members out of 787, the combined strength of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
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