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Still in dark over nomination for presidential candidate: Mukherjee | Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has denied having
any knowledge about reports of his name being proposed in the ensuing presidential polls. "I can't make any comment on it, because I do not know. In our decision
making system unless a decision is taken, nobody shares the decision officially,
so I am in as dark as many like you," Mukherjee told media. Mukherjee is on a
two-day official visit to Bangladesh to take part in festivities marking the 150th
birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. There have been reports
that the Congress has been trying to reach out to its allies to have a consensus
on Vice President Hamid Ansari or Pranab Mukherjee for the prestigious post. According
to certain media reports, Mukherjee appears to be emerging as a front-runner in
the race for the president's post within his party and outside with allies and
some others backing him. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term ends on July
25 this year. She has been president since July 25, 2007. The president is the
constitutional head of the country and the supreme commander of the armed forces.
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