Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Yashwant Sinha is Opposition consensus candidate for presidential election

The BJP has enough votes to elect its candidate but has not named a person yet.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi declines Oppn request to contest Presidential polls

Pawar is chairing the meeting of leaders from 17 Opposition parties on Tuesday amid hopes of further strengthening the anti-BJP coalition

Presidential polls: Mamata suggests Farooq Abdullah, Gopal Gandhi's names

Hansdak stressed that new names were welcome and would be considered in the next meeting.

Poor policy behind weak Covid-19 pandemic fight, says Gopalkrishna Gandhi

He as speaking in Hindi through video conferencing at a function organised to mark the 101st Foundation Day of Gujarat Vidyapith here on Sunday

Gopalkrishna Gandhi's nephew protests against V-P candidature

Kulkarni said that by joining the Opposition, Gandhi has tore apart the principles of Mahatma Gandhi

Mail for MPs

Strategists lamented that emails of Gandhi has been sent to their official @sansad.nic.in email

Mahatma's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi is Oppn's pick for Vice-President

Gandhi's name was the only name discussed when 18 opposition parties met today, said sources

Mahatma grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi Opposition's Vice-President candidate

New Delhi, 11 JulyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury afforded a smile today afternoon when 18 Opposition parties, including Trinamool Congress, his party's bitter rival in West Bengal, agreed to the earlier suggestion of the Left parties to field Gopalkrishna Gandhi as their common candidate for the vice presidential poll.Earlier, Yechury, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Communist Party of India's D Raja and some others had suggested that Gandhi, a former diplomat, be fielded as the Opposition's presidential candidate. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. C Rajagopalachari, the first governor general of India and freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu, was his maternal grandfather. Those backing 72-year-old former West Bengal governor had argued that fielding him against a Sangh Parivar candidate would make it into a 'Gandhi versus Godse battle'. The Mahatma was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.At the time, some among .

Sena questions Gopal Gandhi's VP candidacy, says he opposed Yakub hanging

In July 2015, Gandhi had written to President to reconsider the rejection of Memon's mercy plea

India has become extremely sensitive to criticism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Gandhi said that it is easy to work against the state than it is to work against an intolerant society