UPA to finalize its candidate for Vice President in its meeting today.
Though
the Congress has yet not officially named its Vice Presidential
nominee, there are broad indication that incumbent Vice President Hamid
Ansari is the candidate.
Trinamool Congress general secretary and Railway Minister Mukul Roy will attend the UPA meeting.
The
party Chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday declined to attend the dinner
being hosted by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on the eve of
Presidential elections saying she has prior commitment.
Trinamool
Congress is yet to make public its stand on the Presidential poll
candidate. The last day for filing nomination for Vice Presidential
election is 20th July, a day after the Presidential poll.
The election for the post is scheduled to be held on 7th August. The UPA is comfortably placed in the electoral college comprising 790 MPs.
Meanwhile
AICC-in-charge for West Bengal Shakeel Ahmed expressed confidence that
Banerjee will hopefully support both the Presidential as well Vice
Presidential nominees of the UPA.
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