The vice presidential ballot can be held on August 6 to elect the successor to M Venkaiah Naidu, whose time period ends on August 10
New Delhi: Joint opposition candidate for the vice presidential election Margaret Alva on Tuesday filed her nomination papers for the publish and was accompanied by a number of leaders.
The vice presidential ballot can be held on August 6 to elect the successor to M Venkaiah Naidu, whose time period ends on August 10.
A number of opposition leaders, together with Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s D Raja, Chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, have been current throughout her nomination submitting.
Tuesday is the final date for submission of nominations for the vice presidential election.
“It is a robust election for sure, however I am not afraid to tackle the problem,” she had mentioned on Monday whereas thanking opposition events who’ve supported her candidature.
Alva, 80, is pitted towards NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as West Bengal governor after being nominated on Saturday night.
Former Rajasthan governor and Congress veteran Alva was unanimously chosen because the joint opposition candidate for the publish of vp on Sunday.
All MPs of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, together with nominated members, comprise the electoral faculty for the vp’s election.Â
