Arvinder Singh Lovely, 4 former Cong leaders join BJP
All the former Congress leaders expressed confidence in the BJP's ideology and the developmental politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
NDA's vice presidential nominee M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday met veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi at their residences here before filing his nomination.
On 17 July evening, Naidu was announced as the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Vice President candidate by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah.
Naidu resigned as union minister on Monday night following the announcement.
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Naidu is contesting against Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, the noinee of 18 opposition parties.
Naidu and Gandhi will file their nominations later in the day in Parliament.
Polling is scheduled for 5 August.
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