New Delhi

Margaret Alva, the Opposition candidate for the Vice-Presidential poll, filed her nomination on Tuesday.

Among those present on the occasion were Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other Opposition leaders.

The Opposition parties on Sunday decided to field the former Rajasthan Governor and former Union minister Alva as their joint candidate for the August 6 election.

The decision to field Alva as the joint opposition candidate was taken at a meeting of 17 opposition parties called by NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday.

Alva, is pitted against the NDA's Jagdeep Dhankar who filed his nomination on Monday.

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The term of current Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10.