Pranab Mukherjee arrives in capital city

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrived here Wednesday to a warm and rousing reception. He was received at the airport, among others, by KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala. After the reception, he drove straight to the state-run Mascot Hotel where he would meet MLAs and MPs belonging to the ruling Congress-led UDF and the opposition LDF. In the 140-member Assembly, the UDF has 73 members and the LDF 67.


Except 13 CPI and two RSP MLAs who are expected to abstain from voting, the remaining votes will go in favour of Mukherjee. Of the 20 Lok Sabha and nine Rajya Sabha members from Kerala, Rajya Sabha member Achuthan of the CPI would also abstain.