Jayalalithaa On Pa Sangma

• 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 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...

• Jayalalithaa steps up campaign for Sangma, speaks to non-Cong leaders

  Lobbying for PA Sangma's candidature for the presidential polls, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday spoke to BJP leader LK Advani, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and other non-Congress leaders including those from the Left parties.

• Presidential polls: Jayalalithaa seeks support for PA Sangma

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa has asked political parties to back PA Sangma as presidential candidate.

• Jayalalithaa backs PA Sangma for Presidents post

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on Thursday joined hands with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in backing former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma for the President's post.