16th Presidential Polls: After Sharad Pawar’s refusal, will Gopalkrishna Gandhi emerge as Opposition’s consensus pick?

He has also served as India’s High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka. Gandhi, who is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, was the consensus opposition candidate for the post of Vice President of India in 2017 but had lost to M Venkaiah Naidu in the election.