Modi to Manmohan Singh, top leaders at Parliament House to vote for India’s next President

Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads towards the dais in order to address the media, at Parliament House Monday | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor Manmohan Singh and several other senior leaders from various political parties were in Parliament Monday to cast their votes to elect the country’s next President. In the race are the National Democratic Alliance’s pick Droupadi Murmu, and the Opposition’s consensus candidate Yashwant Sinha.

A polling booth was set up in the Parliament premises for the MPs to cast their votes. Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody is the returning officer for the election.

The President is elected by members of an Electoral College consisting of elected members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and of the legislative assemblies of states (including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry).

Nominated members of Parliament, state assemblies and members of Legislative Council are not eligible to vote. A total of 776 MPs and 4,033 MLAs will vote in the presidential election.

ThePrint’s National Photo Editor Praveen Jain provides glimpses of who all were at Parliament House Monday.

Political leaders leaving Parliament House after casting their vote for the country’s next President | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh reaches Parliament House to cast his vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Union ministers V. Muraleedharan, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Pralhad Joshi outside Parliament Monday | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leaders including Union Minister Smriti Irani show the victory sign after casting their votes | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Union Minister and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel flashes the victory sign after casting her vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur reach Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha leave after casting their votes | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren glances at a picture of outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind in Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP MP Jayant Sinha at Parliament House. His father Yashwant Sinha is the Opposition’s presidential candidate | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh at Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Former West Bengal governor and the NDA’s vice-presidential pick Jagdeep Dhankhar, accompanied by Home Minister Amit Shah, heads to file his nomination papers | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Minister of State Sanjeev Balyan and Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Trinamool MP Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

With input from PTI