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| Will NDA back Pranab Mukherjee? |
| Will NDA back Pranab Mukherjee? BJP core group meets today to decide strategy
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| INDIA
, 16-June-2012
3:10:43 AM |
| At a meeting on Friday evening at the Prime Minister's house, the UPA finally declared Pranab Mukherjee as its candidate for President of India. The suspense came to an end as Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced his candidature and appealed to all political parties to support him.
When Mrs Gandhi made the announcement, she was flanked by all the UPA allies. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee however did not attend the meeting. The decision to nominate the Finance Minister was made much against her wishes. And despite Mr Mukherjee's personal appeal to "younger sister" Mamata, the West Bengal Chief Ministers is in no mood to end her war with the Congress over presidential candidate. "If you think the game is over, you are wrong," the estranged member told reporters last evening.
Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign from the Finance Ministry on June 24 after the Prime Minister returns from the G-20 summit in Mexico. "I am deeply honored on my nomination as a candidate for the election to the office for the President of India by my party and the UPA2. I am grateful to Congress president Shrimati Sonia Gandhi for this recognition. I accept this offer with all humility," he said after Mrs Gandhi announced his name
He added that he has been "fortunate to receive love, affection and the confidence of my party colleagues and also members and leaders of other political parties... I will now again seek their indulgence and support for the next few weeks." He even singled out Ms Banerjee, describing her as his younger sister, and urged her to change her mind about backing him. "Every political leader has the right to express his or her own view in own way. But I will seek the support of Mamata Banerjee, I consider her as my sister. So I have no problem in seeking the support from Mamata Banerjee and her party," he said. The West Bengal Chief Minister has so far refused, stating that former President APJ Abdul Kalam remains her only choice.
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