Mamata Banerjee bid to force early polls?
Alarm bells appear ringing for UPA-2 as the Samajwadi Party and Trinamul Congress rallied behind A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as their presidential choice Thursday. Congress attempts to break the SP have so far
Mamata says no differences with SP, Kalam is their candidate
Unfazed by reports that Mulayam Singh Yadav may have a rethink on their joint proposal to pit A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the former President is their
Firm on Kalam's candidature, the game has just begun : Mamata
Unfazed by the isolation after Congress-led UPA named Pranab Mukherjee as its Presidential nominee, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her party remained firm on the candidature
Miffed PM cancels meet with Mamata
Apparently upset with Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Samjawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav jointly naming him as one of their preferred candidates for President, Prime Minister Manm
Prez polls: Mamata, SP boil the race
In a fresh twist to the race for Raisina Hill, the Mamata-Mulayam duo sprang a surprise on Wednesday by proposing the names of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh and Somnath Chatterjee as their three
Congress will not jettison PM
The dramatic developments on Wednesday unleashed by UPA-2 partner Mamata Banerjee on the issue of the presidential poll leave two clear messages.
The first is that there is no way Congress plans to
West Bengal CM Mamata unlikely to meet PM Manmohan Singh
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who has teamed up with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to come up with their own names for the Presidential poll, is unlikely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a
Prez poll: Cong top brass to meet, strategise its response
Faced with dramatic developments in the presidential race after allies proposed fresh names, Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, will meet on T
Prez race: Sonia meets Pranab, other top leaders
With key allies rejecting her choice for President, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday was huddled in meetings with senior leaders and allies to zero in on a consensus candidate.
Mukherjee,
Congress to announce Presidential candidate Thursday or Friday
Having rejected the three names proposed by TCMC-SP combine, the Congress is expected to come out with the name of the UPA candidate either Thursday or Friday.
Top party sources said the announc