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02:54 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: It seems that both the Congress and the Trinamool Congress are prepared for a life without each other. While the Congress now hopes that the road to reforms will be easier, the Trinamool Congress has upped the ante asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Ironically, with communication between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Congress having broken down, it is the missed calls...
11:05 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday decided to withdraw support to the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, and also ruled out outside support. Following a meeting, which went on for over three hours, with her party leaders, the West Bengal Chief Minister said that her ministers would resign on Friday. The decision by the Mamata Banerjee's party, which was the second largest constituent of the UPA...
11:33 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said APJ Abdul Kalam chapter is closed now and his party is supporting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the post of the President. "That (Kalam) is a closed chapter now," Mulayam said in Lucknow on Monday. Now Pranab Mukherjee has been declared candidate and his party is supporting him, Mulayam said. Former President Kalam on Monday announced he would not contest...
05:19 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has admitted to secret meetings with Sonia Gandhi to discuss candidates for the Presidents post. In an exclusive interview to Teekhi Baat on IBN7, Mulayam claimed that he was the first political leader to propose the name of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the President almost one month ago during a meeting with Sonia and added that no deal was struck with the Congress...
02:54 PM, Jun 16, 2012
New Delhi: The race to the Rashtrapati Bhawan is not the marathon we all thought it would be, neither has it been a sprint. At the end of it, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has come out as the clear frontrunner. The UPA picked him as its presidential candidate and alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi made the announcement. The name was declared after being endorsed by all UPA allies, except Trinamool...
11:50 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: The race to the President office on Thursday witnessed lots of politics and speculation, but no decisions appeared in sight. A day after the royal snub by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee along with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Congress worked on all fronts to isolate the West Bengal Chief Minister. The party in fact began attempts to build consensus within the UPA on its choices,...
11:47 PM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Trinamool Congress on Thursday insisted that A P J Abdul Kalam was its first choice as well as that of Samajwadi Party for President, sources said Mulayam Singh Yadav would take a final view only after consulting his senior party colleagues. According to sources, Yadav is likely to discuss with senior party leaders of his party the Presidential elections and the candidate of Samajwadi party. "Only...
10:20 PM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: An emissary of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and said later that there was no change in their stand on the Presidential candidate and A P J Abdul Kalam. "Everything is alright. A P J Abdul Kalam is the candidate of both Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee," TMC MP Kunal Ghosh told reporters after meeting Yadav at his...
09:51 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Mamata and Mulayam rejected Sonia's choices and delivered a googly by naming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a candidate. ...
11:40 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Left on Wednesday rejected the candidature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee for the presidential poll, which were proposed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh. The Left also said that it won't support any candidate proposed by the Congress and its allies. "We are opposed to any candidate put up by the Congress and its...
08:52 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss the candidates for the presidential poll, which is scheduled to be held on July 19. This came hours after sources suggested that the Trinamool Congress chief may oppose Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjees candidature for the post of the President. According to sources, Mamta is likely to propose the names of Meira Kumar,...
05:06 PM, Jun 13, 2012
According to sources, both Trinamool Congress as well as the Samajwadi Party are likely to back Pranab Mukherjee as the President. ...
10:55 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday arrived in New Delhi amid reports that the Trinamool Congress had agreed to back Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the presidential candidate. Soon after her arrival in the national capital, the Trinamool Congress chief headed to the residence of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to discuss the strategy for the Presidential poll. Following the meeting, the Trinamool Congress...
07:42 PM, Jun 12, 2012
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