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| Presidential polls: Mamata to meet |
| Presidential polls: Mamata to meet Sonia tomorrow; UPA candidate by June 15?
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| INDIA
, 12-June-2012
4:51:24 AM |
| Important UPA ally Mamata Banerjee will reach the capital tonight and is scheduled to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi tomorrow, reportedly to discuss the UPA's candidate for the post of President of India.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, believed by many to be the front-runner among those vying to be the next President, has cancelled a visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, June 14. The official reason is that Mr Mukherjee wants to focus on an economy in the doldrums, but the move has added fuel to reports that the ruling UPA is likely to announce its candidate for the presidential election by Friday, June 15.
Ms Banerjee's Delhi visit bolsters that. Sources said Mrs Gandhi had invited Ms Banerjee for talks.
The Election Commission said yesterday that a formal notification of the presidential elections would be made soon; that is now expected by tomorrow and other political parties are also getting into the act.
Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh today, giving rise to speculation that Mr Singh could be throwing his hat in the ring for Vice-President. Sections of the BJP are believed to favour Mr Singh's candidacy and there is some talk of pushing for a quid pro quo - the UPA gets in its candidate as President and the Opposition could get their person in as Vice-President.
The Congress, which had authorised its president Sonia Gandhi to pick its candidate for President, has reportedly not yet named anyone, even to allies. But last-minute efforts are on to ensure there is consensus among allies on the party's choice; Congress leaders from Bengal are said to have met Ms Banerjee on Sunday to seek her support for Mr Mukherjee's candidacy, but, sources said, the Trinamool Congress chief believes the request should come from much higher up than the state unit and hence Mrs Gandhi's invitation.
So far, Ms Banerjee has been carefully non-committal,
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