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Margaret Alva is the Joint Opposition Candidate for Vice-President’s Elections

Margaret Alva is the Joint Opposition Candidate for Vice-President’s Elections

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NEW DELHI, July 17: The 80-year old senior Congress leader Margaret Alva will be the Opposition candidate to take on the BJP nominee and the present West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for the vice-president’s elections to be held on August 6.

A meeting of 17 Opposition parties held in New Delhi on Sunday zeroed in on the former union minister and former governor Alva as their candidate for the vice-president’s post.

Ms. Alva has held various posts such as Cabinet Minister, Governor and Member of Parliament in her long service in politics. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar announced the decision after the meeting of the Opposition parties.

Sources said the AAP, which was not present in the meeting, has also offered support to Ms. Alva. The Trinamool Congress and the Left parties will also support the senior Congress leader. “Margaret Alva, former Governor, former Union Minister, long time MP and very distinguished representative of India’s wonderful diversity is the common Opposition candidate for Vice-President,” tweeted Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh.

Margaret Alva was born on April 14, 1942 in Karnataka’s Mangalore. During her school and college days, Ms Alva was an active debater and was also involved with several students’ movements. Like Jagdeep Dhankhar, Ms Alva practiced law before her foray into active politics.

She was elected to the Rajya in 1974 as a representative of the Congress. A five-term Member of Parliament, Margaret Alva has held the Parliamentary Affairs and Youth Affairs portfolios in the Central cabinet.  She has served as the Governor of Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand at different times.

(Manas Dasgupta)

 

 

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