New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi will host the INDIA bloc leaders for a dinner meeting in the national capital on Thursday.

This will be the first physical meeting of the INDIA bloc after the one held a day after the Lok Sabha elections at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's home in New Delhi.

The meeting will devise a joint strategy for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and discuss fielding a joint candidate for the Vice Presidential elections scheduled for 9 September.

The Election Commission of India issued a notification on Thursday for the 9 September election to the vice president's post, kickstarting the nomination process.

The dinner will be followed by ...