President polls: Pranab Mukherjee files nomination papers
There was standing space only in a packed room in Parliament House when Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA's candidate, filed his nomination papers for the Presidential elections. Seated next to Mr Mukherjee as he signed his nomination papers were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. UPA Allies, friends like Laloo Prasad Yadav and senior Congressmen made up the rest of the entourage.
