Pranab Nomination

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  No Digital Payments. Only Cash Deposit For Presidential Candidates

  Candidates who wish to be president have to deposit Rs 15,000 in cash with the returning officer while filing their nomination papers for the post.

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  How Is The President Of India Elected? Explained In 10 Points

  With just weeks to go for the President of India 2017 elections, both the BJP-led government and the opposition are prepping to nominate President Pranab Mukherjee's successor. Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced that the Indian Presidential elections will be held on July 17. The counting of votes is on July 20.

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  Presidential Election 2017: Nomination Process Begins - 10 Points

  The Election Commission of India opened the process of filing nomination for the fourteenth President of India today. The nomination process will close in two weeks, on June 28. With President Pranab Mukherjee's term coming to an end in July, the Centre and the Congress-led opposition parties have intensified their efforts to find a suitable Presid...

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  No Offence, But No, Says BJP On President Pranab's 2nd Term: Sources

  Nitish Kumar and co are attempting to force a choice on the government by suggesting that it nominate President Pranab Mukherjee for a second term as a consensus candidate of all parties, top sources in the BJP told NDTV, stating that the opposition must respect the situation as it is today.

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  President Pranab Mukherjee, Repeat Performance? Congress Agrees With Nitish Kumar

  After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pitched a second term for President Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress today indicated that it will support such a move if the President agrees to it. This evening Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss fielding a common opposition candidate to take on the BJP-led ...

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  NCP Rules Out Sharad Pawar's Nomination For Rashtrapati Bhavan

  The Nationalist Congress Party today virtually ruled out the possibility of its chief Sharad Pawar contesting the 2017 Presidential elections, scheduled to be held this July.

• Supreme Court verdict on PA Sangma's petition against President Pranab Mukherjee's election on December 5

  PA Sangma, who lost the presidential election, had in his petition argued that Pranab Mukherjee held offices of profit on the date of filing of nomination for the election.

• Mohan Reddy nominated as IIT-Hyderabad Chairman

  President Pranab Mukherjee has nominated B.V.R. Mohan Reddy as chairman of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Hyderabad.

• President poll: Election Commission rejects Team Sangma's demand to re-examine Pranab Mukherjee's nomination

  The Election Commission today rejected Team Sangma's demand to re-examine Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for the President poll. BJP-backed Mr Sangma's election team had objected to the Returning Officer VK Agnihotri accepting Mr Mukherjee's nomination.

• President polls: PA Sangma seeks order on Pranab's nomination; BJP ups the ante

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met other party leaders in Delhi today to finalise new strategy after PA Sangma's demand for disqualification of Pranab Mukherjee from the presidential race was rejected yesterday.

• See Pranab Mukherjee's letter of resignation as head of Indian Statistical Institute

  Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for President was accepted today as Team Sangma's claim that Mr Mukherjee held an office of profit was rejected. However, the BJP charged that a letter showing Mr Mukherjee had resigned head of the Indian Statistical Institute had a forged signature. Mr Mukherjee's campaign officials said the former Finance Minister h...

• Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for President accepted; BJP cries foul: 10 developments

  It will be a Pranab Mukherjee versus Purno Sangma race to Rashtrapati Bhawan. The returning officer for the Presidential polls - VK Agnihotri today accepted the nomination papers of Pranab Mukherjee and PA Sangma.

• Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee's nomination accepted; resignation letter 'fabricated' says BJP

  It will be a Pranab Mukherjee versus Purno Sangma race to Rashtrapati Bhawan. A technical objection to Mr Mukherjee's nomination made by Team Sangma has been rejected by the returning officer, who has scrutinized and accepted Mr Mukherjee's nomination papers today. But the BJP, which is supporting Mr Sangma, will not give up yet, insisting that a l...

• President polls: Pranab Mukherjee responds to Team Sangma's objections to his nomination

  Pranab Mukherjee, who is the UPA's nominee for the next President of India, today responded to objections raised against his nomination by his opponent Purno Sangma's election team. Team Mukherjee submitted its reply to the returning officer for these elections, VK Agnihotri.

• 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.