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NDA, after a meeting, has unanimously declared former minister for foreign affairs and finance-Jaswant Singh as its Vice-Presidential candidate

Vice-President Polls: Jaswant Singh to contest against Amid Ansari

17-Jul-2012, 09:31

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has unanimously declared Jaswant Singh, a former minister for foreign affairs and finance as its candidate for the Vice-Presidential election 2012.

The decision to field Jaswant Singh was taken in a meeting of the NDA at senior BJP leader LK Advani's residence yesterday, 16 July 2012. Singh will contest against Congress led UPA's nominee and incumbent vice-president Amid Ansari in the upcoming vice-presidential election that is going to take place on 7 August 2012.