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date_range 7 Aug 2018 6:20 PM IST Updated On
date_range 7 Aug 2018 6:20 PM ISTRajya Sabha Deputy Speaker election on 9 Aug
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New Delhi: The election for the post of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha will be held at 11 am on August 9, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu announced on Monday.
The nomination papers will have to be filed before noon by August 8, he informed the House soon after it assembled for the day.
T he post of the Deputy Chairman has been lying vacant since June this year following the retirement of P J Kurien, who was elected to the Upper House of Parliament on a Congress ticket from Kerala.
He was later elected as the Deputy Chairman during the UPA government's tenure.
The BJP-led NDA government does not enjoy a majority in the House and would need the support of several regional parties to push for the election of its candidate.
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