Prez Polls

Prez polls: Trinamool Congress to stay away from voting

Mamata Banerjee has decided that the Trinamool Congress will abstain from voting in either the Presidential or the Vice-Presidential polls.

Prez poll: AP Cong legislators to meet for 'mock poll'

A meeting of the ruling Congress legislators in Andhra Pradesh will be held here tomorrow with a view to acquaint them with the voting procedure for the July 19 Presidential election.

Prez polls a test of nation's conscience: Sangma

Opposition-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma said the contest for the prez polls has turned "very very serious" and was not just symbolic.

Prez polls: Pranab still hopes for Mamata support

UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today said that since Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had not spoken her mind on supporting him, he was still hopeful.

Don't demean presidential polls: Pranab to opposition

UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today asked political parties not to bring the campaign down to the level of ordinary poll, a day after his opponent BJP-backed nominee P A Sangma appealed for votes on the plank of tribal identity.

VP polls: JD(U) to decide on candidate after UPA's announcement

JD(U) today said that it will wait for Congress-led UPA to announce its nominee for the Vice Presidential election and will talk to its NDA allies before taking any decision on the issue.

Prez polls: Pranab greeted by tribal artistes in Odisha

UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee was accorded a rousing welcome on his arrival here to campaign in Odisha today as tribal artistes treated him to traditional dance and music.

Shibu Soren ready to support Pranab Mukherjee?

A day before UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee's Jharkhand visit, Congress today said chances of JMM President Shibu Soren supporting him are positive.

Poll panel shoots down Sangma's plea against Pranab

The Election Commission Tuesday rejected opposition candidate PA Sangma's plea against the decision of the returning officer for the presidential election accepting the nomination papers of UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee, official sources said.

Left unity will not be affected by Prez polls, says CPI(M)

The CPI(M) today said that Left unity would not be affected in any way because of the RSP and CPI not supporting the candidature of UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee.