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Jaswant Singh as NDA's vice presidential candidate
Monday July 16, 2012 02:15:02 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Monday named senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its candidate for
the vice presidential poll, setting up a contest with ruling
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate and incumbent Hamid
Ansari.
The name of Jaswant Singh, who has served as the finance, external
affairs and defence minister, was announced by senior BJP leader
L.K. Advani at a press conference here.
"We have unanimously decided that Jaswant Singh will be our vice
presidential candidate," Advani said, soon after the NDA meeting
to finalise the name of its nominee ended at his residence here.
The vice presidential election will be held Aug 7.
Advani noted that the NDA had also considered the name of Sharad
Yadav, but the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader refused to accept
the nomination.
The BJP leader said the NDA had decided to contest against a
second term for Ansari, as "we do not want to give a walk-over" to
the UPA.
He also noted that the NDA has reservations over Ansari's
candidature considering that he had abruptly adjourned the Rajya
Sabha when the house was debating the Lokpal bill last year.
The NDA meeting came two days after UPA decided to re-nominate
Ansari.
The BJP, which Saturday had decided to fight the vice presidential
election, held consultations with its allies to decide the NDA
candidate amid speculation that key ally JD-U might support Ansari.
The JD-U and another NDA ally, Shiv Sena, broke ranks with the BJP
to support UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee for the July 19
presidential poll. However, the Shiv Sena has indicated it will
back the NDA candidate for vice president.
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