Shiv Sena to support opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the party will support the oppositions Vice Presidential candidate Margaret AlvaHe added that for the Presidential poll Sena will lend support to Droupadi Murmu out of sentiment as Murmu is a tribal woman and Maharashtra is largely tribalWhile talking to ANI Raut said Droupadi Murmu is a woman belongs to tribal societyMaharashtra is largely tribalMany of our MPs and MLAs are tribalsThere is a sentiment with MurmuOur party leaders also have sentiments about Droupadi Murmu thats why President of Shiv Sena has spoken of supporting Murmu as a candidate while Shiv Sena will support Margaret Alva as its Vice Presidential candidateEarlier soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP announced West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Vice Presidential candidate a meeting of Opposition parties was held to decide the oppositions candidate for Vice PresidentHowever Trinamool Congress party supremo Mamata Banerjee and leaders from Aam Aadmi Party gave the meeting a missThe leaders from 17 opposition parties including Communist Party of India Marxist CPIM Telangana Rashtriya Samithi TRS Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Shiv Sena Congress Indian Union Muslim League IUML met at Pawars residence and decided to announce Margaret Alva as oppositions candidate for Vice Presidential electionMamata Banerjee was busy in an onboard meeting due to which she could not attend the meeting but I am in touch with her and the talk happened before today said PawarCongress leader Malikarjun Kharge said Today the opposition candidates have been decided but Mamata Banerjee is busy in a meeting due to which the talks have not happened but Sharad Pawar is in touch with MamatajiAmong the attendees were Ram Gopal Yadav from Samajwadi Party Sitaram Yechury from CPIM KK from TRS in Sharad Pawars house meeting Keshava Rao AD Singh from RJD Sanjay Raut from Shiv Sena Jairam Ramesh and Malikarjun Kharge from Congress ET Mohammad Bashir from IUML Vaiko from MDMK TR Balu from DMK and Trichysiva from VCK attended the meetingThirumavalavan and Ravi Kumar D Raja and Binoy Biswam from CPI and Jose K Mani from Kerala CongressM National Conferences Farooq Abdullah were also present in the meetingEarlier on Sunday Nationalist Congress Party NCP President Sharad Pawar announced Margaret Alva as Vice Presidential candidateWhile on Saturday the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP announced the name of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the National Democratic Alliance NDA candidate for the Vice Presidential electionThe last date for filing of nominations for the VP election is July 19This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever