‘Not the time for whataboutery’: Oppn’s Vice President candidate Margaret Alva seeks support from Mamata

Vice Presidential Election 2022: Margaret Alava, Opposition’s joint candidate for vice-presidential election on Monday criticised Trinamool’s choice to abstain from the polls and referred to as it “disappointing”. Alva, in a tweet on Monday, mentioned: “This is not the time for whataboutery, ego or anger.”

In search of assist from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, Alva tweeted: “The TMC’s choice to abstain from voting within the VP election is disappointing. This is not the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger. That is the time for braveness, management & unity. I consider, @MamataOfficial, who’s the epitome of braveness, will stand with the opposition.”

Trinamool Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday mentioned the get together would abstain from Vice President election, including the get together was not stored within the loop when the Opposition chosen a face for the polls. NDA has nominated former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its candidate for the election. Opposition events on Sunday determined to discipline former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva as their joint candidate for the ballot.

“There is no such thing as a query of supporting the NDA candidate, particularly Jagdeep Dhankhar. However after as we speak’s assembly with get together lawmakers, it has been determined that we are going to abstain from the vice presidential election,” Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress nationwide common secretary, mentioned.

“We disagree with the method of saying the Opposition candidate with out protecting TMC within the loop. We have been neither consulted nor was something mentioned with us. So we won’t assist the Opposition nominee,” he added. 

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