Opinion/Commentary
Presidential pain for NDA -
Radhika Ramaseshan, Telegraph
The BJP’s plans to keep the NDA intact and prospect for new allies by contesting the presidential election came unstuck after the Janata Dal (United) insisted on supporting Pranab Mukherjee and not Purno A. Sangma. The other glitches in the BJP’s belated desire to go for a contest were Mamata Banerjee’s refusal so far to budge from backing A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. But sections of the BJP, keen on eventually bringing in Mamata, Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik into the NDA “parivar”, asked senior leader L.K. Advani to “keep working” on the Bengal chief minister and coax her to support Sangma.
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Election Calendar 2013
Assembly Elections
Madhya Pradesh Before Oct 2013
Chhattisgarh Before Oct 2013
Jammu & Kashmir Before Oct 2013
Rajasthan Before Oct 2013
Delhi Before Oct 2013
International Elections
Iran
Presidential
14th June 2013
Maldives
Presidential
7th Sept 2013
Germany
Chancellor
September 2013
Australia
Parliamentary
14th Sep 2013
