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I proposed Kalam's name for president: Mamata
Monday January 30, 2012 07:22:23 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: In what is
being seen as a bid to reach out to Muslims ahead of the panchayat
polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday claimed
that she had proposed the name of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the
president's post to the then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
"When discussions were going on for the name of the presidential
candidate, Atalji one day had called me and asked me what can be
done. I had then proposed the name of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Atalji
said many parties will not agree with it. I said everybody will
agree and it literally happened," the Trinamool Congress supremo
told a Bengali news channel.
Trinamool was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) from 1998 to 2007.
Bharat Ratna awardee Kalam, an eminent scientist, was the
president of India from 2002 to 2007.
Speaking about the assembly polls, she said the Trinamool is
contesting on some seats in Uttar Pardesh, Uttarakhand and Goa.
"We will fight in some of the seats in Uttar Pradesh. We are also
fighting in Goa and Uttarakhand. Actually, people think that we
can give them justice, so we are contesting," said Banerjee.
Trinamool contested on 48 of the 60 assembly seats in the
just-ended Manipur polls.
"Lot of injustice has been done to the people of Manipur. I have
heard that cost of a gas cylinder is Rs.1,800 there. Then there is
the law (AFSPA) which enables security people to shoot at sight.
This is really bad. I want Manipur to be peaceful," said Banerjee.
Last week, Banerjee had visited Manipur to canvass for her party
candidates. She also met Irom Sharmila -- currently in judicial
custody and on a 12-year fast to demand withdrawal of the Armed
Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives legal immunity to
security forces during counter-insurgency operations.
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