NEW DELHI: With less
than three months to go for
the Presidential Elections to
choose the country’s 13th
president, there is speculation
that APJ Abdul Kalam
might return to the Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
Reports say Mulayam
Singh’s Samajwadi Party,
J Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK
and Mamata Banerjee’s
Trinamool Congress have
reached an understanding
on supporting Kalam for the
top post.
Also on Sunday, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar, an ally of the
ruling UPA government,
said that he wants a non-political
person to become the
next president. “In my opinion,
a non-political person
would be the ideal choice as
the next president,” Pawar
told reporters.
Pawar was responding to
speculation that the NCP
was going to fi eld former
Lok Sabha Speaker PA
Sangma as its presidential
nominee. Pawar said his
party had no such plans,
adding “we have only 16
MPs, we know our limitations”.
The NCP chief’s statement
is important in the
context of reports that the
Congress may fi eld its own
nominee for the presidential
elections. Sources say the
Congress contender could
be Defence Minister AK
Antony. There has also
been talk of Congress’ Sam
Pitroda, Vice President Hamid
Ansari, and SAD chief
Parkash Singh Badal.
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