NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be the UPA's presidential candidate, said alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday in Delhi. Sonia made the announcement after a meeting of UPA leaders at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. The announcement is a rebuttal to Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, who wanted APJ Abdul Kalam as president.Congress president Sonia Gandhi made the announcement saying Mukherjee had to his credit a "long and distinguished record of public service for five decades".
She said he enjoyed broad support for holding the country's top post.
The UPA also appealed to all political parties, MPs and members of state assemblies to extend support for the candidature of Mukherjee.
The UPA will need the support of Samajwadi Party and the BSP to elect Mukherjee as president. The BJP-led NDA is expected to announce its presidential candidate.
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Oh God, such is to be the fate of India, a minister selected by a group of tainted and corrupted politicians, filthy of black money and defecated 2G, 3G scams, and he himself being in that post unable to resolve those issues !!! If that's it, them it's the doomsday in Indian history, a group of dictators are governing the largest democratic country in the globe.
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