By Our Special Correspondent
Former union minister and senior Congress leader Margaret Alva has been chosen by the opposition parties as their joint candidate for the vice-presidential elections. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar announced this decision after an all-party meeting of opposition parties in New Delhi. "There were 17 parties for this unanimous decision.
Our collective thought is that Alva will file the VP nomination on Tuesday," Pawar said. "We are trying to approach Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.
Last time we supported our joint presidential candidate," he said. "We are all together in this election," said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Margaret Alva, on her official Twitter handle, thanked the opposition leaders for nominating her as the joint opposition candidate for the post of Vice President.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, NCP's Supriya Sule, Samajwadi Party (SP) Ramgopal Yadav, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) AD Singh, senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and others were present in the meeting.
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