Trinamool Congress On Presidential Polls

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  Congress No Longer Heads Parliament Panels On Home, Information Technology

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is contesting the party's presidential polls, has been replaced by Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction, as the head of the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology.

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  For Opposition Meet On President Today, 5 Parties Say "No Thanks"

  Regional equations and traditional rivalries are on display as non-BJP parties opt to stay in or stay out of the big Opposition meeting called by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in the run-up to the crucial Presidential election.

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  Presidential Elections Live Updates: Mamata Banerjee's Opposition Meet

  Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday will hold a meeting with several Opposition leaders to discuss presidential polls.

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  President Polls: Congress Signs Up For Mamata Banerjee's Opposition Meet

  The Congress too will attend a meeting called by West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi on Wednesday, to discuss opposition strategy for the Presidential polls scheduled next month.

• Highlights: Mamata Banerjee's press conference on President poll

  Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced her party's stand on the presidential election after a meeting in Kolkata today where Ms Banerjee met the some important MLAs and MPs of her party.

• UPA meet on Vice-President poll: Trinamool keeps cards close to chest

  Key UPA ally Trinamool Congress is still undecided whether to vote or not during the presidential polls, which will take place on July 19. They have made it clear that right to not vote during the polls is another option the party is mulling.

• UPA meet on Vice-President poll: Will Congress, Trinamool clash over Ansari?

  The UPA allies will meet in the evening today to discuss their candidate for the Vice-President's post. The Congress along with a majority of its allies has seemingly set its mind on fielding Hamid Ansari for the post. And it seems to have enough numbers in support, despite the fact that estranged ally Mamata Banerjee is not on board for this elect...

• Pranab Mukherjee writes to Trinamool MPs seeking support

  Reaching out to the Trinamool Congress, which has till now remained silent on backing his candidature, UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has written to Trinamool Members of Parliament appealing for their support.

• Hamid Ansari for Vice-President? PM phones Mamata Banerjee

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up West Bengal Chief Minister and ally Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to ensure her Trinamool Congress is represented at Saturday's UPA meeting, said Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh. Ms Banerjee has reportedly assured Dr Singh that Railways Minister Mukul Roy, who is a Trinamool leader, will represent the party at th...

• Will Uttar Pradesh, Bihar get special financial packages for supporting Pranab Mukherjee?

  The Prime Minister will discuss financial packages for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at a meeting of top officials today. The timing of the meeting is piquant - the Presidential elections are now about a week away, and both states are ruled by parties that have pledged support to the ruling UPA's candidate, Pranab Mukherjee. Not on the list of states f...

• Presidential polls: Ready to talk to Mamata when she is ready, says Pranab

  Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling UPA's candidate for President of India, is in home-ground Kolkata today to campaign and has said he is ready to talk to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. When she is ready to talk to him, that is.

• Presidential election: Trinamool Congress to take decision three days before poll date, says Mamata

  The Trinamool Congress will take its final decision on the Presidential election three days before the polling date on June 19, party chief Mamata Banerjee said today. Ms Banerjee, who is also the West Bengal Chief Minister, has asked all her party MPs, MLAs to be present in Kolkata for the Presidential election.

• Not given up hope on Trinamool supporting Pranab, says PM

  Prime Minister Manohan Singh today said he has still not given up "hope" on key ally Trinamool Congress supporting the candidature of UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee and expressed confidence that the Finance Minister will be elected unanimously with the support of opposition NDA also.

• 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...

• 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...