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| UPA meet on presidential polls |
| UPA meet on presidential polls: Congress warns allies against Mamata-Mulayam, say sources
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| INDIA
, 15-June-2012
1:21:41 AM |
| Mamata Banerjee and Mulayam Singh Yadav's shocker of naming Dr Manmohan Singh among its candidates for President has the led the battle for Raisina Hill straight to 7 Race Course Road - the Prime Minister's residence. In what is an unprecedented first in Indian politics, the name of a sitting Prime Minister was proposed for President throwing the field wide open to speculation of a mid-course change of the Prime Minister and Dr Manmohan Singh's waning authority.
Ahead of today's meeting of UPA allies, Congress sources say the party has called all partners to warn that the Mamata-Mulayam combine is trying to topple the government. Allies were reportedly told that the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool want fresh elections, and that is why it was imperative that the UPA have its own candidate in Rashtrapati Bhavan. This, even though Ms Banerjee insisted she does not want early polls and wants to remain a part of the UPA. "We want to be in the UPA. If they don't want us in the government, that choice is with the Congress," she said last evening before she met Mr Yadav for a third time in 48 hours.
It took the Congress party an entire day to come out in support of the Prime Minister. "He will remain our PM till 2014. We cannot afford to spare Manmohan Singh as PM, said party spokesperson Janardhan Diwivedi this afternoon. "We are always prepared for elections," said Congress minister Ambika Soni, "but remember we have the mandate for five years. Elections are expensive for the country."
With Mamata's minister, Mukul Roy, skipping the cabinet meet and her not attending the UPA meet today, many within the Congress are seeing this Mamata-Mulayam alliance as one between two people who would benefit from early elections. Ms Banerjee and Mr Yadav would stand to benefit from mid-term elections because they delivered stellar performances in recent elections in their state, and would like to leverage voter sentiment before their honeymoon period expires.
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