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<b>Gandhi`s grandsons in race for Vice Presidential poll</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->West Bengal Governor Gopal Gandhi as also former MP Rajmohan Gandhi are being mentioned in political circles but a section of the<b> Left parties has reservations over Gopal Gandhi in the wake of his statement following the Nandigram incident</b>.

<b>"For the Vice Presidential election, it was decided that we should suggest the name of a person who does not belong to the Congress party," CPI(M) has said </b>in a resolution adopted at its Central Committee meeting last month.

<b>Rajmohan Gandhi had unsuccessfully contested against Rajiv Gandhi some two decades back from Amethi in the Lok Sabha polls. </b>

The names of <b>Mushirul Hasan</b>, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia, film maker <b>Shyam Benegal</b> and noted journalist <b>N Ram </b>are also being talked about.  <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->

While speculation on the name of CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan is there, it appears unlikely given the fact the UPA-Left Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil is from Maharashtra, Bardhan's home state.

With Patil of the Congress getting the Presidential nomination, a non-Congress candidate is expected to fill the Vice Presidential slot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->