Pranab Mukherjee, presidential candidate of India's ruling alliance, flanked by Assam state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, right, and Bhubaneswar Kalita, president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, waves during a press conference in Gauhati, India, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Indian president is chosen by an electoral college composed of lawmakers from state assemblies and the federal Parliament. The election is scheduled for July 19.