Former Union Minister Margaret Alva is Opposition’s vice presidential pick

The opposition party has picked former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva as its vice presidential pick.

The opposition party has picked former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva as its vice presidential pick.

The Opposition's candidate for the post of Vice President of India will be Margaret Alva, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

"We are trying to contact Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal. Last time they supported our joint president candidate," Sharad Pawar told PTI.

NCP supremo said, "17 parties are on board for this unanimous decision. Our collective thinking is Alva will file VP nomination on Tuesday."

After the opposition parties named Margaret Alva as joint vice presidential candidate, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told PTI, "We are all together in this election."

On Saturday, the BJP announced Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhakhar as the NDA's pick to be the next Vice President of India. BJP chief JP Nadda made the announcement after the party's parliamentary board met in Delhi to discuss their choice.

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