The BJP leadership has begun preliminary consultations to finalise picks for the posts of President and Vice-President, amid indications that the party is looking at a larger social pool to draw its choices for the constitutional positions. Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the matter with members of the informal ministerial core group, which includes home minister Rajnath Singh, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, finance minister Arun Jaitley and road transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu was not present.
 

The BJP leadership has begun preliminary consultations to finalise picks for the posts of President and Vice-President, amid indications that the party is looking at a larger social pool to draw its choices for the constitutional positions. Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the matter with members of the informal ministerial core group, which includes home minister Rajnath Singh, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, finance minister Arun Jaitley and road transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu was not present.