Playing presidential politics

Unlike in 2007, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance is in no position to install its nominee in Rashtrapati Bhavan this time round. This would have been the position even if the UPA were still a united and cohesive entity. But that is far from being the case, as West Bengal’s chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader, mercurial Mamata Banerjee, has demonstrated so amply. Nor can anyone be sure about what the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) will do.

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