Former Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah, who
filed her nomination for the post of Vice President of India on behalf of the National Democratic Alliance on Monday, admitted that there was no chance of her winning the elections and that she had filed nomination only for the sake of registering the presence of NDA.
Heptullah was nominated as NDA's candidate for the Vice President's post during a meeting held on Sunday at former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence. After Heptullah filed her nomination, Vajpayee told media persons that contesting elections was a must.
However, some within the BJP felt that if the party had to field Heptullah, then she should have been asked to file the nomination for the post of President, which would have made the battle between two women stronger and forced Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam to vote for her.
Meanwhile, addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Monday, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that former