NDA Vice President pick Venkaiah Naidu resigns as minister
NDA's Vice Presidential candidate M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday resigned as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. He will contest the Vice Presidential elections against Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal, on August 5. Notably, current Vice President Hamid Ansari's term will end on August 10.