New Delhi: Margaret Alva, the Opposition's candidate for Vice President on Friday expressed her disappointment over the TMC's decision to abstain from voting in the Vice Presidential election. Alva put out a tweet saying the TMC's decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing. "This isn't the time for 'whataboutery’, ego, or anger. This is the time for courage, leadership, and unity. I believe, Mamata Banerjee, who is the epitome of courage, will stand with the opposition," she said.
Earlier on Thursday, Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee announced that the party would abstain from voting in the Vice Presidential elections. Speaking to the media, Banerjee said, "The party will abstain from the upcoming Vice Presidential polls as it was decided in the meeting." Notably, TMC was absent during the nomination filing process of Margaret Alva, the Opposition candidate in the elections.
He further explained that the decision was taken owing to how the VP candidate was decided without keeping the party in the loop. "We disagree with the process of announcing the Opposition candidate without keeping TMC in the loop. We were neither consulted nor was anything discussed with us. So we can't support the Opposition nominee," Banerjee said.
