Presidential polls: Oppn agrees to field common candidate; Mamata suggests names of Farooq, Gopalkrishna Gandhi | India News,The Indian Express

At the meeting, opposition leaders urged NCP supremo Sharad Pawar to be the joint opposition candidate for the election. However, he once again declined the offer.

Leaders of several Opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to field a common candidate against the NDA in the forthcoming Presidential elections.

Addressing a presser, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who convened the joint conference of political parties, said: “Several parties were here today. We have decided we will choose only one consensus candidate. Everybody will give this candidate our support.”

“We will consult with others. This is a good beginning. We sat together after several months, and we will do it again,” CM Banerjee added.

At the meeting, opposition leaders urged NCP supremo Sharad Pawar to be the joint opposition candidate for the election. However, he once again declined the offer. RSP’s NK Premchandran stated that Banerjee also suggested the names of Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi as possible opposition candidates, news agency PTI reported.

I sincerely appreciate the leaders of opposition parties for suggesting my name as a candidate for the election of the President of India, at the meeting held in Delhi. However I like to state that I have humbly declined the proposal of my candidature. pic.twitter.com/j9lTFFJMUX

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/opposition-leaders-fielding-a-common-candidate-presidential-election-7971856/


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