New Delhi: Union
Ministers Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu will meet senior Congress
leader Sonia Gandhi today to discuss the election of the next President.
The two heavyweight ministers are part of BJP chief Amit Shah's
three-member team former to evolve a consensus with the Opposition
parties over the person who should replace President Pranab Mukherjee.
The team is also expected to meet senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury today. The Left is known to be keen on a token election, even though the opposition does not have the numbers.
Last month, the opposition parties had met at a lunch hosted by Mrs Gandhi to take a decision on a candidate acceptable to all the attending parties. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who came for the lunch but had also met PM Modi the day before, had suggested that the government and the opposition could find a consensus candidate.
While the NDA is yet to announce any names, there is a strong buzz about Union minister Sushma Swaraj being the front-runner in the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The External Affairs Minister commands great respect cutting across party lines. The other contenders include Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu.
While the opposition has not drawn up a final list, a number of names have been under consideration -- Former Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
Source:-NDTV
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The team is also expected to meet senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury today. The Left is known to be keen on a token election, even though the opposition does not have the numbers.
Last month, the opposition parties had met at a lunch hosted by Mrs Gandhi to take a decision on a candidate acceptable to all the attending parties. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who came for the lunch but had also met PM Modi the day before, had suggested that the government and the opposition could find a consensus candidate.
While the NDA is yet to announce any names, there is a strong buzz about Union minister Sushma Swaraj being the front-runner in the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The External Affairs Minister commands great respect cutting across party lines. The other contenders include Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu.
While the opposition has not drawn up a final list, a number of names have been under consideration -- Former Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
Source:-NDTV
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