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Ex-Union minister Margaret Alva to be Oppn's vice-presidential candidate

Alva (80) would file her nomination papers on Tuesday, July 19 which is the last date for filing nominations for the August 6 election

Comeback for Gandhi family loyalist Margaret Alva with VP poll nomination

Joint opposition candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election Margaret Alva, a Congress veteran, is not new to comebacks. Barring a brief lull in 2008 triggered by her standoff with Congress President Sonia Gandhi over the issue of family entitlement in ticket distribution, the suave and soft-spoken Alva's career has largely been a dream run. Alva, 80, has a political career spanning over four decades during which she occupied several positions including a five-time Congress MP, a union minister and then governor. Her selection as the VP candidate comes ahead the 2023 Karnataka elections and signals the Opposition's urge to field a candidate described by AICC general secretary communication Jairam Ramesh as "representative of a diverse country". Alva had publicly alleged the "sale of Congress tickets in Karnataka" in 2008 when her son Nivedith's ticket claim was shot down by the then party in charge of the state. Alva had then openly questioned the denial of ticket to her

Vice prez poll: Accept nomination with 'great humility', says Margaret Alva

Joint opposition candidate for the vice presidential election Margaret Alva on Sunday said she accepts with "great humility" her nomination for the August 6 poll

Rivals in VP poll, Dhankhar and Alva have quite a few things in common

The two rivals, Jagdeep Dhankhar and Margaret Alva, for the chair of vice president also have several things in common: both have been governor, union minister and have a Congress background

My book is a story of my life: Alva

In the book she covered topics including Sonia Gandhi's uneasy relationship with P V Narasimha Rao

Bofors case: Appeal against HC order escalated Sonia-Rao power battle

Says, Wolfgang Michel, linked with AgustaWestland was influential and may have had links with Sanjay Gandhi