TMC To Abstain From Voting in Vice-Presidential Election: Abhishek Banerjee

The vice-presidential election will be fought between Jagdeep Dhankhar and Margaret Alva.

The Trinamool Congress will abstain from voting in the upcoming vice-presidential elections, party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday, 21 July.

The vice-presidential election, scheduled to be held on 6 August, will see a contest between the National Democratic Alliance candidate and former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Opposition's joint candidate Margaret Alva.

"TMC will not support NDA's vice-presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar. The party will abstain from the upcoming vice presidential polls as it was decided in the meeting," Banerjee was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.