Leaders of opposition parties on Monday met at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar to chalk out the joint strategy for their vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva.
Ms Alva, who is pitted against NDA's Jagdeep Dhankhar, was also present at the meeting of opposition leaders.
Leaders of 17 parties unanimously decided to pick former governor and Congress veteran Alva as their nominee for the post of Vice President.
Ms Alva would file her nomination papers on Tuesday and a number of opposition leaders would accompany her there.
"A meeting of leaders of the United Opposition Parties was held at my New Delhi residence this evening to discuss the upcoming Vice Presidential elections to be held in August 2022," Mr Pawar said on Twitter after the meeting.
Among others present at Mr Pawar's residence were Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh, CPI-M leaders Sitaram Yechury and Elamaram Kareem, CPI leaders D Raja and Binoy Viswam, NCP's Supriya Sule and Praful Patel, MDMK Vaiko, DMK's Kanimozhi, SP Ram Gopal Yadav and N K Premchandran.
The vice presidential election will be held on August 6 to elect the successor to M Venkaiah Naidu, whose term ends on August 10.
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