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Naveen Patnaik, Jayalalithaa back PA Sangma for President

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that his party, the BJD and the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK will support former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma's candi...

Jayalalithaa, Patnaik endorse Sangma for President

May 25, 2013

New Delhi: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President's post, today sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they will respond "to the call of conscience of the tribal people of the nation."

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