Presidential Polls-Pranab Leading Candidate

Pranab Mukharji finally got his name proposed by UPA chairperson Soniya Gandhi for upcoming Presidential Polls. With this the three day long chaos of naming a candidate and supporting him reached a stage where Pranab is now expected to come out victorious.
 The 4:00 PM meeting was thus a successfull one for Congress as one of their main opponents changed mind and decided to support UPA candidate. Mulayam had already indicated his will to support UPA nominee indirectly and he did that. With SP party supporting UPA there is little or no chance for any other candidate to contest and win the polls.
  TMC supremo Mamta Benerji is still claiming to have a few cards up-sleeves and said the game has not ended yet and it is just a beginning. But mathematically even she might be aware of the fact that UPA has got there candidate through to the Riasena Hills.
 The opposition had already stated that they would be waiting for UPA to declare first and have not till now given there view about Pranab's name. Now with Pranab's  name being almost a winner there is possibility of NDA giving him unanimous victory and may be in turn have their candidate(if any) be selected as vice-President. Tomorrow is yet again an important day for these Presidential Polls as NDA and AIDMK are supposed to decide their way-forward.     

Indian Presidential Election Now Becomes A War Of Egoes

This time it was Soniya's turn to turn down names proposed by Mamta Benerji And Mulayam Yadav. As I said earlier that Mamta and Mulayam had proposed Manmohan Singh for the elections and it surely was a googly bowled at congress and we new to some extent the outcome too. But Congress supremo today turned down the names of other two suggestions too, and repeated that party is still backing Pranab Mukharji.
 This in turn has initiated an indirect ego war in-between congress and TMC, where TMC Supreme leader said this evening she is not frightened by any threats from Congress Party and expressed strong will to stand by A P J Kalaam's name.
 This came right after a Congress leader had blamed Mamta of blackmailing the coalition and taking undue advantage. This straight head-on fight between congress and Left gave signals of Left preparing itself as third front for upcoming 2014 elections. Whether this new and awkward coalition will survive till then is another question that needs to be taken into account too.
 Today a long(about one and half hour) meeting of UPA (TMC and SP not involved) had happened on this same issue and the end result was still not reached(not declared to media) .
 By the time this meeting was over, Kalaam had also agreed to contest indirectly making things even more difficult for UPA and its supporters as they have decided to oppose his second term.
 The politicians and political parties of India have been busy deciding on future President and all other major issues that till now were taking center stage are out of focus for now. We must expect a final of this whole episode tomorrow with Congress supposedly declaring its candidate and others favoring or opposing it. This will make clear wether wins the race to Riasena HIlls or Kalaam gets his second term?

Next First Citizen Of India-Presidential Election

India is all set have Presidential elections next month and contest gets interesting with every single move of political parties.
Indian political parties are toiling it out hard this time for their choice of candidate to be elected as Indian President. Till now there were only three or four candidates that were being discussed but this evening something happened that made this race more interesting. Now along with much discussed A P J Abdul kalaam, Hamid Ansari, P A Sangma and Pranab Mukharji there are few surprising names that have been proposed by UPA Supporters. Today Mamta Benerji and Mulayam Yadav announced in a joint press conference their set of possible candidates and they are- 1) A Kalaam, 2)Manmohan Singh and 3) Somnath Chetterji.
 While two names proposed are understandable, the name of current Prime Minister is a bid surprise even for Manmohan himself(I Guess). Is it in any way possible practically for a Prime Minister to give up his office and leave his already struggling government in all sorts of dangers. Or is it time that they give their future leader (Rahul Gandhi) a short training session from 2012 to 2014? This was the question being asked to most congressies  during Prime time discussions.
 As far as  I know this is not what Rahul would be prepared for, he won't like to carry the baggage of all that this government had earned in last couple of years. This could further dampen the 2014 party performance.
 With opposition and some bigger players like DMK still silent over the issue, may be there are still few more surprises in store for us. They too can come up with a new name to complicate things even further. Let us wait and see them come out with their strategy. Who knows if they come up with Anna Hazarey?