Apj Abdul Kalam Presidential Polls

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  Abdul Kalam Drafted 2 Contrasting Speeches On '12 Prez Poll Decision

  APJ Abdul Kalam took quite some time to make up his mind on whether to contest the presidential elections in 2012 despite the numbers stacked oddly against him as he greatly wished to fight corruption at the grass roots and had drafted two contrasting speeches to justify his decision, says his aide.

• Dr APJ Abdul Kalam writes to Mamata Banerjee, who wanted him for President

  Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who ruled himself out of the race for the next President, today wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee, thanking her for proposing his name.

• Presidential poll: BJP to try for consensus within NDA on Sangma, say sources

  After former president APJ Abdul Kalam refused to run for President of India against Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the BJP core group met late on Monday night at party president Nitin Gadkari's residence on whether to back former speaker PA Sangma, who is contesting the election as the candidate of chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and Naveen Pat...

• Mamata Banerjee's ministers 'will quit if forced', Congress says let's stick together

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers, who met with her in Kolkata this evening, said that though they are ready to resign if forced, they plan to stick with the UPA. "Many channels are saying that Trinamool ministers have submitted resignations to Mamata Banerjee.

• Mamata ministers 'ready to resign if forced': 10 developments

  Mamata Banerjee is holding a meeting in Kolkata of her MPs and MLAs which could decide if she's divorcing the ruling coalition at the centre, the UPA.

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• Presidential poll: APJ Abdul Kalam's press statement

  Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has decided not to contest the 2012 Presidential poll. Dr Kalam has conveyed this to senior BJP leader, LK Advani.

• Presidential polls: With Dr APJ Abdul Kalam out, will Mamata Banerjee abstain? Top 10 developments

  The BJP has failed to persuade Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to run for a second term as a President.

• Mamata Banerjee's Facebook campaign for Dr APJ Abdul Kalam: Top 5 posts

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is campaigning furiously on Facebook for a new term for Dr APJ Kalam for President of India. Ms Banerjee has rejected Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is the candidate of the UPA, the coalition that she participates in with considerable friction. On Saturday, Ms Banerjee launched a Facebook page in s...

• Presidential poll: BJP draws a blank with Kalam, looks to Sangma

  Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has refused to run for President of India against Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Dr Kalam was being aggressively wooed today by the BJP, which sensed in him a chance to put up a credible fight, if not a successful one. Senior leader LK Advani spoke with him thrice today; his emissary, Sudheendra Kulkarni, met D...

• President polls: Will APJ Abdul Kalam run? BJP sends emissary, decision likely today

  Former President Dr APJ Kalam is, according to sources, likely to announce his decision today on whether he will contest the Presidential election. That could change the political landscape considerably. The BJP is itching to take on the ruling UPA, which has announced Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as its candidate. However, its ally, Nitish Ku...

• Presidential polls: Can NDA arrive at a consensus over its candidate?

  The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems to be divided over nominating its presidential candidate against UPA's Pranab Mukherjee - a section of the key NDA constituent JD(U) is against a contest , particularly since APJ Abdul Kalam, seen as a rival candidate, is unwilling to run against the Finance Minister.

• Mamata calls Jayalalithaa for support to Kalam; she says back Sangma instead

  An isolated Mamata Banerjee is trying all that she can to garner support for APJ Abdul Kalam as President. The Trinamool Congress chief, on Sunday night, called up AIADMK boss and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, asking her to back Dr Kalam for the country's top job. Ms Jayalalithaa, however, asked Ms Banerjee to support former Lok Sabha s...

• Mamata Banerjee says 'thank you' for 'overwhelming' response to Facebook appeal for APJ Abdul Kalam

  Appreciating an 'overwhelming' response to her Facebook appeal for supporting former President APJ Abdul Kalam in the Presidential election, Mamata Banerjee today in another post expressed her thanks.

• APJ Abdul Kalam will contest, says Mamata Banerjee, but he is undecided, so is NDA

  APJ Abdul Kalam, who was hosted at lunch by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today, has said he will decide at the right time whether to contest Presidential elections for a second stint in the Rashtrapati Bhawan. And though Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee insists that he will contest, a lot of factors now seem to put a question mark on t...