Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the vice-presidential candidate of 18 Opposition parties, filed his nomination papers on Tuesday. Gandhi and some Opposition leaders, including the Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien, then sat down to strategise his outreach to the 780-odd Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members, who comprise the vice-presidential electoral college. Being old school, Gandhi considered sending each of them a personalised email. Finally, it was decided that Gandhi would send each member of Parliament (MP) a postcard with a message. O’Brien asked his office staff to arrange for the postcards. Gandhi also reached out to his college batchmate Odisha Chief Minister and