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He will take on NDA nominee Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in the August 12 election.
"There is a consensus on the candidature of Shinde," Congress spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters in Delhi.
Earlier, Left Parties had said that they would support any candidate fielded by the opposition for the vice-presidential poll.
"As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has already said he would not consult opposition parties for the vice-presidential poll, we will support any candidate of the opposition," CPI-M leader Nilotpal Basu said.
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