UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is hosting a lunch on Monday for its members and also those from supporting parties ahead of the Vice President elections. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said, non-UPA MPs from SP, BSP, RJD and JD(S) are also being invited to the lunch.

The ruling alliance is confident of a comfortable win with 500 plus votes in the electoral college of around 790 in the Vice Presidential elections sheduled for the 7th of this month.

The Vice Presidential polls will witness a straight contest between UPA nominee Md. Hamid Ansari and NDA candidate Jaswant Singh.