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| President-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata; will he meet 'sister' Mamata Banerjee?
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| INDIA
, 23-June-2012
0:59:8 AM |
| UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee received a rousing welcome as he arrived in Kolkata last night. This is Mr Mukherjee's first visit to the city after he was chosen by the ruling coalition as its nominee for the top post. The minister is slated to go to his native village Kinnahar later in the day today. But all eyes are on whether he will visit Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the only Congress ally who had opposed his candidature.
Mr Mukherjee, who is currently the Finance Minister, has appealed to all parties seeking their support. "I have been nominated as the presidential candidate. Several parties have supported my candidature. Besides the UPA, many other parties have also supported me. Around 14 to 15 parties who are not part of the UPA have supported me. I appeal to the leaders of parties who have not yet announced their decision to support me," he said at the airport last night.
In a similar appeal made on the day Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced his name, He singled out Ms Banerjee, describing her as his younger sister, and urged her to change her mind about backing him.
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. Besides Congress' allies, Mr Mukherjee also enjoys the support of two Left parties, as well as NDA constituents Shiv Sena and Janata Dal (United). This should fetch him 63 % of the vote on July 19
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