Sonia Gandhi casts vote to elect VP

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

president today cast her vote in the vice presidential

She was accompanied by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the joint opposition candidate for the polls.


Unlike NDA's candidate Venkaiah Naidu, who is a member of the Rajya Sabha, Gopalkrishna is not a member of either of House of Parliament, and hence cannot vote in the

He is being supported by 19 parties, including the JDU and the

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, his deputy in the Upper House, Anand Sharma, Leader of the in the Mallikarjun Kharge, were also present.

With numbers favouring Naidu, his victory appears to be certain.

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