NEW DELHI, Aug 19:
Former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy is the joint candidate of the Opposition for the Vice-Presidential polls, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge announced on Tuesday, as he called the September 9 election for the country’s second-highest office an “ideological battle”.
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Reddy, the first Lokayukta of Goa, reached the national capital this evening and was accorded a warm welcome by opposition MPs at the airport.
He later met with various Opposition leaders.
Reddy, who is also on the Board of Trustees of the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre in Hyderabad, will file his nomination on August 21.
The joint opposition would hold a meeting in the central hall of Samvidhan Sadan (old Parliament building) on Wednesday afternoon. “All Opposition parties have decided to have a common candidate; the decision has been taken unanimously. I am happy that all Opposition parties have agreed on one name. It is a big achievement for democracy,” Kharge said. (PTI)
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