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Mamata to meet Sonia on presidential polls Wednesday
Tuesday June 12, 2012 04:55:02 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress president Sonia
Gandhi in New Delhi Wednesday regarding the upcoming presidential
polls, Trinamool Congress insiders said.
Banerjee will leave for Delhi Tuesday evening, said a close aide
of the chief minister.
The West Bengal chief minister, who received an invite from Gandhi
for the talks, will be accompanied by Trinamool Congress state
president and Lok Sabha member Subrata Bakshi. Railway Minister
Mukul Roy is also expected to be present during Wednesday's
discussions.
Trinamool Congress, the second largest constituent in the
Congress-led United Progressive Alliance dispensation at the
centre, is yet to spell out its support for the Congress in the
presidential election. Sonia Gandhi is likely to announce her
party's nominee for the polls in the next couple of days.
Banerjee's support is crucial for the Congress candidate to sail
through. There has been speculation that union Finance Minister
Pranab Mukherjee could become the Congress nominee for the top
slot.
Banerjee had earlier expressed her preference for either Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar, former state governor Gopal Gandhi or former
president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the top post and indicated she
was not in favour of Mukherjee.
There has been speculation that Banerjee's support to the possible
candidature of Mukherjee would hinge on his agreeing to a
financial package for West Bengal. There has also been some talk
that Banerjee would find it difficult to turn down Mukherjee's
candidature as he is a Bengali and there has been no one from the
state who has occupied the top slot.
With her demand remaining unfulfilled, Banerjee has stayed aloof
to the momentum in support of Mukherjee's candidature.
A senior West Bengal Congress leader, Manas Bhunia, had Sunday
appealed to Banerjee to support Mukherjee for the country's top
post.
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