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Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Bengal Governor, was elected as the Vice President on Saturday. He bested Opposition's Margaret Alva to emerge winner.

Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the vice-president this evening. Members of parliament of both houses voted to elect the next Vice-President in an election where NDA candidate Dhankhar was pitted against Opposition's Margaret Alva.

The voting for choosing the next Vice-President of India ended this evening at 5 pm. NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar, who is facing opposition's Margaret Alva, is expected to sail through with BJP support.

Ahead of the August 6 vice presidential election, Opposition's joint candidate Margaret Alva on Thursday appealed to all MPs to vote without fear or political pressure for the "best suited" candidate.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, in an apparent swipe at the Congress, confirmed having a conversation with Opposition candidate for the vice presidential polls, Margaret Alva.

Opposition Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva on Sunday said that she will ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda to vote for her.

The joint Opposition candidate for the vice presidential election Margaret Alva may be fighting a lost battle with numbers firmly stacked against her, but she has said she is hardly perturbed and feels the numbers can always swing.

The Opposition's vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva Saturday described the prevailing differences in the non-BJP camp as a "family quarrel", and asserted they are making efforts to unite for the 2024 challenge.

Party leader Derek O'Brien on latest move by Trinamool Congress, which was a prime mover in putting up a joint Opposition candidate for President but is not playing along in the V-P polls

Former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva accompanied by Congress's Rahul Gandhi, NCP's Sharad Pawar and the Left leadership as she files papers for August 6 contest

Opposition vice-presidential candidate Margaret Alva on Monday said she will contest against National Democratic Alliance (NDA) contender Jagdeep Dhankhar and will not get scared by anyone.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the party will support the opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva.

The Opposition is pitting former Union minister Margaret Alva against BJP's Jagdeep Dhankhar in the vice-presidential elections. The announcement was made by Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar after an Opposition meeting today.

Veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva on Thursday refuted a news report that she was negotiating with the BJP and warned of legal action against the newspaper "to help restore my reputation".

Call it "son stroke" or a generational shift in Karnataka politics; it is all evident in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Bengal Governor, was elected as the Vice President on Saturday. He bested Opposition's Margaret Alva to emerge winner.

Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the vice-president this evening. Members of parliament of both houses voted to elect the next Vice-President in an election where NDA candidate Dhankhar was pitted against Opposition's Margaret Alva.

The voting for choosing the next Vice-President of India ended this evening at 5 pm. NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar, who is facing opposition's Margaret Alva, is expected to sail through with BJP support.

Ahead of the August 6 vice presidential election, Opposition's joint candidate Margaret Alva on Thursday appealed to all MPs to vote without fear or political pressure for the "best suited" candidate.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, in an apparent swipe at the Congress, confirmed having a conversation with Opposition candidate for the vice presidential polls, Margaret Alva.

Opposition Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva on Sunday said that she will ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda to vote for her.

The joint Opposition candidate for the vice presidential election Margaret Alva may be fighting a lost battle with numbers firmly stacked against her, but she has said she is hardly perturbed and feels the numbers can always swing.

The Opposition's vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva Saturday described the prevailing differences in the non-BJP camp as a "family quarrel", and asserted they are making efforts to unite for the 2024 challenge.

Party leader Derek O'Brien on latest move by Trinamool Congress, which was a prime mover in putting up a joint Opposition candidate for President but is not playing along in the V-P polls

Former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva accompanied by Congress's Rahul Gandhi, NCP's Sharad Pawar and the Left leadership as she files papers for August 6 contest

Opposition vice-presidential candidate Margaret Alva on Monday said she will contest against National Democratic Alliance (NDA) contender Jagdeep Dhankhar and will not get scared by anyone.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the party will support the opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva.

The Opposition is pitting former Union minister Margaret Alva against BJP's Jagdeep Dhankhar in the vice-presidential elections. The announcement was made by Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar after an Opposition meeting today.

Veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva on Thursday refuted a news report that she was negotiating with the BJP and warned of legal action against the newspaper "to help restore my reputation".

Call it "son stroke" or a generational shift in Karnataka politics; it is all evident in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.