Fresh Delhi: As the date of the presidential election will get shut to, the Opposition camp is gearing as much as place up a stable joint candidate. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has assigned the job of finding a neatly-liked candidate to senior social gathering leader and Chief of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
The Congress has reportedly conveyed its lend a hand for Sharad Pawar as President. Mr Kharge met Mr Pawar final Thursday, with a message from Mrs Sonia Gandhi. Mr Pawar, with out a doubt one of India’s senior-most politicians, has been credited with making and breaking many alliances and coalition governments. There would possibly per chance be, however, no response but from Mr Pawar himself or his Nationalist Congress Birthday party, which is an ally of the Congress within the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt in Maharashtra.
The Congress has moreover touched unsuitable with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has called an Opposition meeting at Fresh Delhi’s Structure Club on Wednesday to focus on a joint blueprint for the presidential election. Mr Kharge has moreover had preliminary consultations with the leaders of the DMK, CPI, CPI(M) and the Aam Aadmi Birthday party for striking up a joint Opposition candidate. Reports show that the AAP leaders bear moreover met Mr Pawar, indicating their lend a hand. Insiders teach that Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena boss Uddhav Thackeray will moreover lend a hand Mr Pawar if he is of the same opinion to contest the presidential polls. Mr Kharge had moreover met the Maharashtra CM in Mumbai regarding the presidential polls.
Whereas the BJP has no longer launched a candidate, the social gathering has authorised social gathering president J.P. Nadda and defence minister Rajnath Singh to bear talks with NDA participants and Opposition events to near at a consensus on a presidential candidate if conceivable. The presidential election is as a result of be held on July 18, and the counting will happen on July 21. The time duration of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24. The BJP has an edge as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has 48 per cent of the votes within the electoral faculty and it anticipated some different events no longer aligned with the Congress to lend a hand the NDA candidate. The Opposition events are hoping to place up a united front within the contest. For the time being, each the camps are retaining their cards shut to their chest.
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