Presidential storm clouds

These are testing times, indeed, for the two main national parties — the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But the challenge right now is coming not from each other as much as their respective coalition allies. Last week saw West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee — whose Trinamool Congress is formally part of the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) — unilaterally projecting the former President, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, as her candidate for the next presidential race.

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