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Mamata to meet Mulayam on Presidential candidate | The suspense over the presidential candidate continues as West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who arrived here this evening, will be meeting
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in a short while from now. Banerjee,
who arrived here this evening to hold discussions on the presidential candidate
with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, drove straight to Mulayam's residence on
her arrival. "Today, I am going to meet Mulayam ji because he wanted to talk to
me. He rang me up yesterday. He is in Delhi . So, I am now going to Mulayamji's
house," Banerjee told media here on her arrival. Banerjee further informed that
she would be holding discussions with Congress President Sonia Gandhi tomorrow
on the presidential election "Tomorrow I have a meeting with Sonia ji on the presidential
polls. Soniaji is a party president. For Congress Party members, it is the party's
prerogative. It is not my prerogative," she said. A fresh round of consultations
on the issue of selection of a presidential nominee has begun in the UPA, after
the Congress Working Committee (CWC) authorised Sonia Gandhi to decide on the
candidates for the coming presidential and vice presidential elections. She has
so far held discussions with DMK chief Karunanidhi, NCP leader Sharad Pawar and
RLD chief Ajit Singh on the presidential candidate. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
is believed by many to be the front-runner among those vying to be the next President
of India. The cancellation of visit to Afghanistan by Mukherjee has fuelled speculation
that the UPA would come up with his name for the presidential candidate soon.
Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath earlier today announced the schedule
for the 14th indirect presidential election to elect the 13th President of India.
Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, Sampath said the notification
for the presidential poll would be announced on June 16. He further declared that
June 30 would be the last day for the filing of the nomination by candidates for
the presidential election. Sampath said that July 2 has been fixed as the day
for scrutiny of all nominations, while July 4 would be the last date for candidates
to withdraw their nominations. The presidential poll, he said, would take place
on July 19, and the result would be declared on July 22. He said the Secretary-General
of the Rajya Sabha, V.K.Agnihotri, would be the returning officer of the presidential
poll. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will leave office on July 24.
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