While the presidential election will be held tomorrow, the election for the post of vice president will be held on August 6. Jagadeep Dhankar has been announced as the candidate for this election on behalf of the National Democratic Alliance. Jakdeep, the Governor of West Bengal, hails from the state of Rajasthan. It is said that Jekdeep has been announced as the vice presidential candidate on behalf of the BJP in view of the Rajasthan assembly elections. It is noteworthy that Jekdeep has been at odds with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
In this situation, the opposition parties have announced senior Congress leader Margaret Alva as their vice presidential candidate.
The decision was taken at a meeting of opposition parties in Delhi. Nationalist Congress President Sharad Pawar said this after the meeting. Congress, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress parties participated in this meeting. Sarath Pawar said that 16 opposition parties have decided on a candidate for the vice president. He also announced that Margaret Alva will file her nomination on Tuesday. 19th of this month is the last day to file nominations for the Vice President election. Thanking her for choosing her as the vice presidential candidate, Margaret Alva said on Twitter that she is honored to have been chosen as a candidate.
Who is Margaret Alva?
Margaret Alva served four terms as governor. He has also served as a Union Minister and MP five times. Margaret Alva, who was last Governor of Uttarakhand, was a Union Minister in the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s cabinet. 77 years old Margaret Alva was born in 1942 in Mangalore, Karnataka. He has also been the governor of Goa, Rajasthan and Gujarat states.