Opposition Picks Gandhi’s Grandson For Vice President  

11 Jul, 2017 15:15 IST|Sakshi
Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi

New Delhi: Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former West Bengal governor, is the Opposition's pick for the post of vice president. Reports say that, his name was the only name discussed when 18 opposition parties met on Tuesday to decide on their candidate for the vice presidential poll.

The JD(U), which had broken ranks with the opposition over the presidential poll, also attended the meeting which chose Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to be its nominee for vice president. While Sharad Yadav represented the JD(U), other leaders at the meeting included Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, TMC's Derek O' Brien, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, NC's Omar Abdullah, SP's Naresh Agarwal and BSP's Satish Chandra Mishra.

Polling for the vice president's post will take place on August 5 and the votes will be counted the same evening.

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