Yes, have been spoken to: Gopal Gandhi on Opposition hunt for President
May 11, 2017  08:24
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Former administrator, diplomat and Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Wednesday said that Opposition leaders have reached out to him with a proposal to field him as the joint Opposition candidate for the forthcoming Presidential elections. Gandhi is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, I have been spoken to. But the conversations have been of a very preliminary nature. It would not be right for me to say anything beyond that, Gandhi told The Indian Express.

Sources in the Opposition said a broad consensus is emerging on two names: Gandhi and that of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. But many Opposition parties are not keen on a Congress nominee as the presidential candidate.

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