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Mamata's choice Gopal Gandhi refuses to contest for VP | Former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, whose named was
suggested for the post of vice-president
by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, has refused to contest. According
to a TV report, Gandhi has rejected suggestions to contest the polls. His refusal
is a jolt to the West Bengal Chief Minster, because earlier A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
had also refused to contest the July 19 presidential election despite Banerjee
proposing his name as the people's president. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on
Saturday nominated incumbent Vice President Hamid Ansari for a second term. His
first term as vice president ends on August 10. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan
Singh, had earlier spoken to Banerjee, JDS supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, CPM leader
Prakash Karat and CPI's A.B. Bardhan, in an endeavor to garner support for Ansari.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy who represented the party at the meeting of UPA leaders
on Saturday said he will convey the decision on the vice-presidential candidate
issue to his party and the decision on the matter will be announced later. "We
are allies of the UPA. I will go back and communicate the decision taken in the
UPA meeting to the party. The party will decide on the matter," Roy told reporters.
The relationship between the ruling Congress Party and its ally, the Trinamool
Congress, has weakened over the past one month following disagreement on the choice
of the presidential candidate. Opposing the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee, Banerjee
had proposed the name of APJ Abdul Kalam for the top post. She stuck to her stand
till the end, even as the former President said that he was not in the race for
Raisina ills.
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