New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi would host a lunch for MPs of the UPA and supporting parties a day before the 19 July presidential polls, party sources said.
They said the luncheon meeting is aimed at closer interaction between the alliance partners and supporting parties ahead of the presidential election.
A meeting of UPA parties has been called on 14 July. Reuters
Though Congress leaders have expressed optimism about United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee winning the presidential polls by a substantial margin, they are leaving nothing to chance.
A meeting of UPA parties has been called on 14 July, party sources added.
Both Mukherjee and PA Sangma, whose candidature has been supported by parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, AIADMK and Biju Janata Dal, have been touring the country to convass support.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party Thursday called upon the BJP, AIADMK and the BJD to withdraw support to Sangma as “he had crossed limits of dignity” in the presidential polls.
Sangma had quit NCP to contest the presidential polls.
“It is very unfortunate that PA Sangma is not observing decency, decorum and dignity in the Presidential elections,” NCP leader DP Tripathi told mediapersons here.
Tripathi’s remarks came in the wake of Sangma’s reported comments that Rashtrapati Bhawan was being used as a dumping ground for “failed” former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.
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