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| Presidential poll: BJP picks PA Sangma, hopes to bring Mamata on board
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| INDIA
, 21-June-2012
5:9:27 AM |
| The BJP has decided to support PA Sangma for President of India against Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The Opposition party says that the Prime Ministers request for their support for Mr Mukherjee came too late after a "unilateral" decision to field Mr Mukherjee. On June 15, the Congress declared Mr Mukherjee as the candidate of the coalition it leads, the UPA. (President Pranab or President Sangma? Vote here)
"A prerequisite of consensus is consultation," said the BJP's Sushma Swaraj today. She acknowledged that two major allies of the BJP, the Shiv Sena and Nitish Kumar, have refused to back Mr Sangma. "We are still trying to get them on board," she said. Arun Jaitley of the BJP also said that the party wants to convince West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to vote for Mr Sangma as well. Though Ms Banerjee is a member of the UPA, she has been estranged from the coalition over her refusal to support Mr Mukherjee. She campaigned aggressively for a new term for former president Abdul Kalam; however, he eventually decided not to run for President, partly because the math appears to be in Mr Mukherjee's favour. "The logical pursuit of what Mamata Banerjee has started should be to support the Opposition candidate," said Mr Jaitley.
Sources in Ms Banerjee's party indicate that she is likely to agree with that sentiment.
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