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Sangma's son thanks Patnaik for proposing his father's name | | Former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma's son Conrad Sangma has
expressed his gratitude to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for lending support
to his father. Conrad Sangma said that his father is an appropriate candidate.
"I am indeed very happy to be here today and at the very outset I would like to
extend my gratefulness, thankfulness to the honourable Chief Minister of Odisha
Mr. Naveen Patnaik because it was he who had initially got out the name of Mr.
P. A. Sangma for the President of this country," he told the media here on Tuesday.
P.A. Sangma, who is all set to lock horns with UPA presidential nominee Pranab
Mukherjee in the race to Raisina Hill, met West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool
Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday to seek her support
for his candidature during the presidential poll. "I have come to Kolkata to meet
the honourable chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and other leaders
like Mukul Roy, our Railway Minister. I have come here to request for the support
of my candidature in the coming presidential election," Sangma told the media
here. "I am very happy with outcome of the meeting and I am going back with a
lot of hope for the support of Mamatadi and the Trinamool Congress," he added.
Trinamool Congress leader and Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy, however, said
after the meeting that a final call on backing Sangma for the coveted post will
be taken only after holding due consultations within the party. "P.A. Sangma,
the presidential candidate, came to the Writers' Building to meet the chief minister
as well as the chairperson of the All India Trinamool Congress Committee seeking
support for the presidential election. Party will sit and discuss and then we
will intimate the decision of our party later on," he said. The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) has thrown its weight behind Sangma. He has also been promised support of the AIADMK and the Biju Janata Dal. Sangma, who is determined to contest the presidential poll as a candidate of the Tribal Forum of India, quit the NCP earlier this month on grounds that his self-respect was being compromised. The presidential
elections will be held on July 19. The vote count will take place on July 22.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term as President ends on July 24.
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