WikiLeaks: Sonia Gandhi chose Pratibha Patil as President solely for 'pliability'

In getting Pratibha Patil elected as the first woman President, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had placed a "loyalist" in the country's top office who would have served the party's cause after the 2009 general elections. This was mentioned in the latest set of WikiLeaks disclosures of classified US cables. A cable of July 2007 had said that there was a "very realistic likelihood" of no party or coalition winning a clear majority in the 2009 elections.

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