Sachin, Rekha among voters for election to Vice-President's office, over 90% voting over

New Delhi, Aug 5 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Ministers, celebrities and nominated members Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and Mary Kom were among the early voters at the ongoing voting for election to the office of the Vice-President today. Among others Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Congress leaders Mallikrajun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, K C Venugopal also exercised their right to elect the new Vice-President. Ms Gandhi also interacted with Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi for a while. Assistant Returning Officer for the Vice President polls - Mukul Pandey told reporters that out of 785 eligible voters of the electoral college for election to the Office of the Vice -President this year, till 1300 hrs - 713 Members of Parliament have exercised their right and cast votes. The voting turnout so far comes to 90.83 per cent of the electoral college, he said. The contest is between between BJP-led NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who has been fielded by 18 Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Left and the regional parties. The ruling BJP, which has a commanding strength of 281 MPs in Lok Sabha can claim support of about 335 members in the Lok Sabha and about 75 NDA members in the Rajya Sabha. Over 60 members from AIADMK, TRS and YSR Congress are also likely to vote for Mr Naidu. Lawmakers were in general jovial mood interacting with each other freely setting aside party differences. Actress-turned-MP Rekha posed for photographs before the lensmen and also stood alongside Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav for a photo opportunity. The ailing Home Minister Rajnath Singh also came and exercised his right. Among others two incumbent Chief Ministers - Manohar Parrikar (Goa) and Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh) also exercised their right. Among others Mathura MP Hema Malini also came. "Everybody loves him a lot, he is most capable, he knows entire Parliament, the whole politics," the BJP MP said. UNI