No objection to Pranab as President: Karunanidhi

Last Updated: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 13:11

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Tags: Pranab Mukherjee, Presidential elections, Karunanidhi

Chennai: DMK on Saturday gave its backing to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as UPA's presidential candidate.

"If he is the candidate of the UPA coalition, the DMK will not hesitate to back his candidature," DMK chief M Karunanidhi told reporters here.

Asked about his earlier observation that his party favoured a "good President" and whether Mukherjee could be the one, the DMK chief said, "I have no objection. But there has been no decision on the presidential candidate."

The DMK leader, whose party is a key partner in the UPA-led government at the Centre, recalled that he had invited the Finance Minister as early as in 1969 for a conference on state autonomy.

PTI

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First Published: Saturday, May 05, 2012, 13:05

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BRIJ - NEWYORK
IF YOU SEEK HELP FROM CORRUPT PEOPLE KARUNA TO DECIDE THE FATE OF PRESIDENT,YOU ARE INSURING COUNTRY,S COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.

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Nurshing Charan Patnaik - Bhubaneswar
Karunanidhi`s decision has no meaning that he will support any person nominated by Soniaji. But it is certain that Pranab Mukherjee will not be nominated as UPA candidate. So wait for the decision of Soniaji

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harsh gupta - navi munbai
Ther is no other democratic option to elect president otjer than concensus.But it fails sometime.Thanks to our political parties that they take every move so that it would benefit in their political expectations.