Highlights 1 None of the other Opposition parties gave any other name for the Vice-Presidential Poll. 3 It was TMC's Derek O Brien who proposed Gopalkrishna Gandhi's name. Putting up a united front, the Opposition announced that Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi will be their candidate for the Vice Presidential election. TMC's bitter rival, Left parties together penned an unthinkable script of the selection of Opposition's Vice-Presidential candidate leaving other parties spellbound. DEREK O BRIEN PROPOSED GOPAL'S NAMENames of many retired judges were doing the rounds before the meeting but TMC and Left parties together backed the former West Bengal governor.

Source: India Today July 12, 2017 04:41 UTC