India, Aug. 7 -- Race for the post of vice president of India is set to gain pace with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday authorising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda to pick the ruling bloc's candidate for the election.

It was a unanimous decision, , Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday after a meeting of key BJP leaders and their allies was held at the Parliament complex where the decision was taken.

Union ministers Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting, with Amit Shah JD(U)'s Lalan Singh, Shiv Sena's Shrikant Shinde, TDP's Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, and Chirag Paswan of LJP (Ram Vilas) among those who attended it.

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