Sangma in Bihar to seek support for Prez poll

Patna: Opposition-backed candidate PA Sangma arrived here Saturday seeking support in the 19 July presidential election. [caption id=“attachment_377723” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] PA Sangma. PTI[/caption] Accompanied by BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Anant Kumar, Sangma reached a hotel here to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, BJP sources said. “More than half a dozen BJP ministers and hundreds of party workers welcomed him,” a party leader said. The BJP’s ally and coalition partner, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), is supporting the United Progressive Alliance presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee. The Rashtriya Janata Dal and Lok Janshakti Party are also backing Mukherjee. IANS