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PA Sangma, who broke ranks with the NCP to fight Presidential election against Pranab Mukherjee, will launch his own party tomorrow. Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) will be formally launched at a function in the capital. His daughter Agatha, an NCP MP, may not join the new outfit as of now.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed by a majority ruling former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma's petition challenging the election of senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as President.
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Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma on Tuesday challenged Pranab Mukherjee's election as the President of India by filing a petition in the Supreme Court.
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Even as Pranab thanked the country and his supporters, Sangma sulked and went on to accuse the UPA of wooing states with special financial packages to get votes.
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When the Rajya Sabha general secretary officiakky presented the certificate to Pranab Mukherjee, it was clear that he had won the Presidential elections. Pranab Mukherjee was officially declared elected as the President of India with 3,095 votes valued at 7,13,763.
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The ballots of 17 states have been opened by far. A majority of the MPs had cast their vote in Parliament House, some of them voted in state capitals. The Parliament box and the boxes of 14 states where the MPs cast their votes were opened first.
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Before the result of the Presidential election can be announced, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Pranab Mukherjee at noon to congratulate him in advance.
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As the numbers clearly favoured him in the Presidential race, a beaming UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said he was hopeful of getting many more votes in this election.
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Facing criticism for his remarks on Raisina Hill being a dumping ground, BJP-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma today said he had talked about the Congress deciding to field a candidate who had "failed" as a finance minister.
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Presidential hopeful P A Sangma, who is in the city as part of his campaign, today met BJP legislators.
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Opposition backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma today said his legal team is going through the Returning Officer's ruling in the Pranab Mukherjee Office of Profit case and he would decide the future course of action after consulting his colleagues and supporters.
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Presidential candidate PA Sangma will take a decision on moving court after getting a certified official copy from the returning officer on the rejection of his objections against Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee Pranab Mukherjee, who has been accused of holding an office of profit.
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Even though the nomination of Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee was found to be valid by the returning officer, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are meeting to decide whether to challenge his nomination in court or not.
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Opposition Presidential nominee PA Sangma today sought cancellation of nomination of UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee under the Office of Profit rules on the ground that he is Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
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UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Friday rejected his competitor PA Sangma's debate for a debate. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Pranab said, "I love Sangma, but where is the question of a debate?"
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Presidential candidate PA Sangma today sought the support of YSR Congress Party to his candidature and alleged that he was prevented from personally meeting YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in jail.
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Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma is confident of winning the Presidential election despite UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee emerging stronger with more support.
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A divided NDA is expected to meet and take a final call on who to back in the race for the President's post. The NCP will also meet to decide on the fallout of PA Sangma's resignation while the Left will consider abstaining as an option when it meets on Thursday.
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Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma, who is planning to contest the Presidential election, resigned from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday.
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If you land in Delhi, you will land smack in the middle of the high drama and the intense politicking that's gripped the capital as it prepares for the presidential elections next month.
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Former president APJ Abdul Kalam is unlikely to contest in the presidential poll. "My conscience is not permitting me to contest," Kalam reportedly told senior BJP leader LK Advani.
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The NCP tried to persuade its leader PA Sangma to withdraw from the Presidential race, according to sources. Sangma, however, made it clear that he won't withdraw from the race. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Sangma said, "I will not withdraw from the Presidential race. I will contest in the elections even if Kalam is in the fray."
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President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term comes to an end on July 25 and the race for her successor is heating up.
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In the run-up to the upcoming Presidential poll, AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has lobbied for former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma's candidature.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar pulled up party leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma for projecting himself as a Presidential candidate. This came a day after the BJD and AIADMK supported the candidature of the former Lok Sabha speaker.
