Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Indian civil servant and diplomat
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Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former IAS officer he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts. He was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for Vice President of India 2017 elections and lost with 244 votes against NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu, who got 516 votes.
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Presidential election: Gopalkrishna Gandhi declines offer to be opposition candidateIndiaTimes - Published | |
Farooq Abdullah declines to contest Presidential polls; Gopalkrishna Gandhi front-runner to be Oppn choice for nowIt leaves Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, as the front-runner to become the opposition’s choice for the top poll. The opposition parties will hold their second meeting to finalise the candidate..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Presidential elections 2022: Who is Gopalkrishna Gandhi?West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had conducted a meeting of opposition parties on Wednesday, proposed Gandhi's name.DNA - Published | |
Presidential poll: In proposing Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Farooq Abdullah, Oppn seeks to send messageThe name of Abdullah was a last-minute suggestion forwarded by NCP chief Sharad Pawar just hours before leaders of 17 opposition parties confabulated on a consensus candidate for the presidential..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Too premature to comment on it: Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Presidential candidate buzzIndiaTimes - Published | |
