Pa Sangma Presidential Candidate

• Former NCP leader PA Sangma to float National People's Party

  Defeated presidential candidate Purno A Sangma will float the National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya on Friday, an aide said Thursday.

• PA Sangma moves Supreme Court against Pranab Mukherjee's election as President

  Former Lok Sabha Speaker and NDA's presidential candidate PA Sangma has moved Supreme Court challenging the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President. Mr Sangma wants Mr Mukherjee's election set aside because he was holding office of profit on the date of his nomination.

• I wish Pranab Mukherjee success, says PA Sangma

  Congratulating Pranab Mukherjee for winning the presidential poll, opposition candidate Purno Sangma said the nation had lost an opportunity to elevate a tribal candidate to the post of the president.

• Pranab Mukherjee helped by cross voting in Karnataka BJP

  Pranab Mukherjee getting a lion's share of votes in the presidential elections was expected. The BJP-ruled Karnataka giving him giving him more votes than it did PA Sangma was not. But the state has proved to be the BJP's Achilles Heel once again. Massive cross-voting in Karnataka helped Mr Mukherjee get 53 per cent of the vote from that state. He...

• President election result today; Pranab Mukherjee all set to win the race to Raisina Hill

  It's the final day of the race to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The counting of votes for the Presidential elections will take place today and the country will know who will replace Pratibha Patil. The Congress-led UPA has claimed its candidate former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will win around 70 per cent of the votes in the direct contest with PA...

• Cancel Mulayam's second ballot: Sangma camp

  PA Sangma's camp has charged Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav with tearing his ballot paper after mistakenly voting in favour of the BJP-backed candidate in Presidential poll and demanded cancellation of the second ballot paper issued to him.

• Presidential poll today; advantage Pranab Mukherjee in contest against PA Sangma

  The stage is all set for the Presidential poll today with UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee going up against former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma. The numbers are heavily stacked in Mr Mukherjee's favour, who whipped coalition partners into shape and quelled scandals as the Congress party's chief firefighter for years.

• Sangma winds up campaign, meets Jayalalithaa

  Winding up his campaign for the Presidential election, NDA candidate PA Sangma today met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and thanked her for supporting his candidature for the top post.

• No grudge against Mamata Banerjee for supporting Pranab Mukherjee: PA Sangma

  National Democratic Alliance Presidential candidate P A Sangma on Wednesday said he had no grudge against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for supporting his rival Pranab Mukherjee stating all parties have their own "compulsions and calculations".

• Presidential polls could be as significant as 1969: PA Sangma

  Enthused by backing from 18 political parties, opposition Presidential Candidate P A Sangma on Sunday hoped to draw support from some more parties and said the July 19 polls could be as significant as the one held in 1969 when V V Giri defeated the Congress candidate.

• Pranab Mukherjee rebuts PA Sangma's remark, says Raisina Hill not a 'dumping ground'

  UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee took a dig at his rival PA Sangma on Wednesday over the BJP-backed candidate's remark that he is a 'failed' Finance Minister, and that the Rashtrapati Bhavan is only used as a dumping ground for him.

• PA Sangma draws flak from Tamil Nadu rights group over president remark

  Taking objection to the comments made by Opposition-backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on the suitability of a person for the top position, a disability rights group on Saturday demanded that he withdraw his remarks.

• President polls: Team Sangma challenges Pranab Mukherjee's nomination

  PA Sangma's team has formally objected to Pranab Mukherjee's nomination as a candidate for President of India. Mr Sangma takes on the former Finance Minister in the election scheduled for July 19.

• Pranab Mukherjee allowed to use bullet-proof government car till presidential poll

  The two candidates who are hoping to be president of India are ready to hit the ground running. Pranab Mukherjee filed his nomination papers today as the candidate of the ruling coalition, the UPA. PA Sangma did the same as the opposition's contender: he's backed by the BJP, and chief ministers Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik.

• Pranab Mukherjee, PA Sangma file nomination papers for President poll: 10 facts

  It's now officially Pranab Mukherjee versus PA Sangma for president of India. The former has filed his nomination papers, surrounded by the A-list of his party, Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, as well as the Prime Minister. Mr Sangma, the opposition's candidate, filed his papers a few hours later flanked by BJP leaders LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari and Odisha c...