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Gopalkrishna Gandhi files nomination for Vice President poll

July 18, 2017 12:41 pm | Updated 02:49 pm IST

The Hindu Net Desk
The Hindu Net Desk
Chennai, 14 July 2017: Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatama Gandhi, is the opposition candidate for the post of the Vice President in India's Presidential Election 2017. Photo: Dinesh Krishnan

Chennai, 14 July 2017: Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatama Gandhi, is the opposition candidate for the post of the Vice President in India's Presidential Election 2017. Photo: Dinesh Krishnan

Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Vice President election to be held on August 5. His name was proposed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri.

 

Last week, 18 Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Left, the JD(U) and the Trinamool Congress, unanimously declared Mr. Gandhi as their vice presidential candidate.

The BJD, the RJD, the DMK and the NCP have also pledged their support to Mr. Gandhi.

 

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