India, Aug. 8 -- The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notification for the September 9 vice presidential poll, kick-starting the exercise to elect Jagdeep Dhankhar's successor.

Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, the returning officer for the election, received three nomination papers, which were rejected for not being in order.

According to the notification, August 21 is the last date for filing nominations and the documents will be scrutinised on August 22.

The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is August 25.

The vice presidential poll was necessitated following the surprise resignation of Dhankhar on July 21, citing health reasons. His term was to end in August 2027.

The ruling BJP-led NDA has begun internal c...